2022, reading scores saw their biggest drop since 1990. math scores plummeted during that period for the first time ever. these are some of the worst declines that the study has seen in its 50-year history. it could take a generation for some scores to rebound reports the wall street journal. the learning loss could weigh on economic output in this country in the years to come. pete hegseth and leo terrell are here. first, to david lee miller that shows us what s in the study. hi, lee. the nation s schools are getting a failing grade based on the test scores of 9-year-old students. let s start with math. the decrease was where s than nine points. so called lower performing students saw scores draw by 12 points. black and hispanics decreased more than white. when it comes to reading, the average test core dropped five points. some problem learners saw a decline by 10. reading scores by white, black and hispanic students were impacted equally by the pandemic. an education p
We begin this hour with Breaking News on the economy. There is new data sugg the american job market remains strong. This morning, the govnmt reported that employers added a whopping 336,000 jobs last month. Thats nearly double t 170,000 Jobs Economists had predicted. The Unemployment Rate held steady at3. 8 . And when you break it down,he hispanic Unemployment Rate fell 0. 3 . While the black Unemployment Rate rose 0. 4 . Were keeping a close eye on the white house where the president is set to speak about this jobs report and national manufacturing. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. Joining us now, dominique chu. Whats behind the numbers . Not many people at all were forecasting for this kind of job growth pointed out by the doubling of jobs created over the forecast. What this does suggest is that the u. S. Economy is still extremely resilient and thats a good thing. Theres a lot to unpack. But the big takeaway from this report, the economy is growing in some ways and no
and healthy night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. thank you at-home for joining us this hour. so, there are minimalist candy bars, and there are maximalist candy bars. minimalist are the ones like, you know, a classic hershey s bar, just chocolate, or a heath bark, which is coffee in the middle and then chocolate. my favorite is a payday bar, i don t know what that is, it s basically like peanuts and grew. i don t know. but a picnic bar on the other hand is not one of those a minimalist once. it is a maximalist candy bar. it is like if you combine all the things in a snickers bar and a milky way and a crackle bar, it s got like caramel, peanuts, new get, cookie, and a whole bunch of other stuff in there. it is like the jumble area of candy bars. and they are delicious. they are not a big thing in the united states for whatever reason, although i think you can get them
way. happy memorial day now. tonight for the hour, we will highlight of ouriews a big interviews from the past few months. imrst up, immigrationdn is, one of the biggest issues for voters ahead of the 2024 election. iswell, i recently traveled to shelby park in eagle pass, texad tos, for an exclusived interview with former president donald trump aboutanle the border crisis. take a look. he came downook. the escalator> this was a big issue. big you were attacke issd right out of the box. yeah. you know, that day when you came down that dayx th on issue, when i was hearing peeut it from a lot of peopl and it was one of the primaryn reasons in 2016 that i ran and i raon then on the border ai ran on other things, but i ran d on the border largely and wee bo fix the problem. and in 2020, it wasn t even lare a subjecly t. i go out and say, i want to talk about the border. they say, sir, you fix the borderout . nobody cares about the border anymore. now, what s happened is, since
wiw? how?nnounc welcome to hannity . and tonight, stay tuned. by the way, a major announcementemt from our frien, our colleague, g.a. caldwell. but first, let s right in. butt the 2024 electiohen is only 136 days away. early voting in pennsylvania, new that begins in 87 days. rolls out to other day states thereafteother. r in and the very first presidential debate is less than one week away. and just six days, two left wing self-proclaimed journalists who are really just talk show host from fake news cnn. they will moderate thursday ne now, needless to say, the odds a are stacked against donaldre trump. the former president recently said he thinks therep.h pres is% chance that cnn will be fair. our prediction is the odds are actually much lower now.e for starters, i think we can expect the first half of the cnn presidential debate to be dedicated, dedicated to questions about january six and abortion. the left s abortio mongering about trump s desire for political retributi