John Oliver Explains Why Standardized Testing Is Bad for Everyone

Last night’s Last Week Tonight took a closer look at No Child Left Behind, Common Core, and the last decade of standardized testing in the US, which hasn’t helped students and teachers as much as it’s helped Pearson Education, which John Oliver says is “the educational equivalent of Time Warner Cable: Either you’ve never had an interaction with them and don’t care, or they have ruined your fucking life.†But just when the segment starts to get too real, look, a dancing monkey!

John Oliver Explains Why Standardized Testing Is Bad […]