On Tuesday, September 8, the results of the latest round of the PISA test were released. This test tests 15-year-olds' basic reading skills, math problem-solving abilities, and a basic understanding of science concepts. This test's results were significantly worse than previous ones, despite the fact that the previous ones were also very poor. A decline in performance was also observed among the top performers, almost all of whom, incidentally, are not based in Europe. We'll try to understand what's happening to young people and the education system around the world in the stream.

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction: New PISA results and why they matter
02:39 Stream plan: What is PISA, the results, and the reasons for the decline
07:22 What is PISA: Basic competencies, reading, math, and science
09:26 How the sample is structured: schools, students, and representativeness
16:20 Sample PISA questions: reading, math, and science
21:23 PISA 2025 results: Decline in reading and math
23:43 Ten-year trend: Northern Europe is in steep decline
27:01 More and more teenagers are losing basic skills
28:57 Top performers: Asia Estonia and the Anglo-Saxon Exceptions
37:16 Europe in Detail: Estonia, England, Finland, Germany, and Latvia
43:11 Possible Reasons for the Decline in Results
48:07 Digital Media: Quick Stimuli, Dopamine, and Long Texts
53:42 Why the Brain Doesn't Learn to Solve Problems Without Repetition
56:07 The Decline in Reading as a Risk for All Other Subjects
1:01:18 Why Complex Skills Can't Be Learned Through Play
1:04:48 Covid, Absenteeism, Motivation, and the Quality of the Learning Environment
1:13:56 The Second Main Reason: Changing School Curricula
1:19:16 England, Estonia, and the Scandinavian Education Model
1:25:53 Asian Curricula: Foundation, Repetition, Exams, and Discipline
1:35:50 Summary: Foundation, Effort, AI, and Growing Inequality

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