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SAME GUY IN 2018:
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Well, what do you expect when the teacher(s) can't even solve an algebra problem themselves?US students' declining math scores are 'sobering,' expert says
Test results show students in the U.S. lag behind those in Asia and Europe.
US students' declining math scores are 'sobering,' expert says
A new international study showing a significant drop in U.S. students' math test scores is raising concerns over student performance.abc7chicago.com
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T. A. Gardner
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No, if you have high standards and maintain those standards, you get the best. You can pay top dollar and end up with mediocracy. There are plenty of examples of that. In education, here's one:
The Two Billion Dollar Judge - Claremont Review of Books
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From 1985 to 2003 a judge ordered a school district to spend $2 billion on education to improve things. The district built "Taj Mahal" school buildings with all the latest technology and features. They hired the best teachers at high pay. They had Olympic coaches teaching PE. The best of the best with spending per student greater than anywhere else in the US.
The result after 18 years was grades and educational outcomes declined. Yep, declined.
There are other such examples, and they are numerous. Money does not ensure educational outcomes.
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As long as it doesn't exceed the number of fingers and toes they have...
But they know how many made-up "genders" there are, right?
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Only if they have that as a fetish...
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America's failure to commit to public education and to supporting the teaching profession
is a huge part of why the republic is in freefall today.
We look pathetic to more progressive nations,
but not enough of us ourselves realize how stupid we are as a nation.
is a huge part of why the republic is in freefall today.
We look pathetic to more progressive nations,
but not enough of us ourselves realize how stupid we are as a nation.
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Wrong. The failure is public education being pushed hard to the Left in terms of content, expectations, and outcomes. Whether schools are public, private, commercial, or something else, what and how they teach defines how they perform, not spending.
When nonsense and largely irrelevant topics become a big part of the curriculum, there's a problem. When teachers' unions coddle incompetence and insanity and allow such teachers to remain in classrooms, there's a problem. When education puts politics ahead of learning, there's a problem.
In other nations, they don't put politics ahead of education. Other nations also have parents that are far more concerned about their children getting ahead and a good education.
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Is that right?
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Maybe America wouldn’t have a “high skilled labor shortage” if lefties weren’t so busy spending millions to shoehorn DEI into computer science education...
Department Of Education grant (2024)
Amount: $4,400,000
Recipient: Mk Level Playing Field Institute
Purpose: Smash 3.0: innovations in programming strategies that promote equity in computer science pathways for historically-excluded students
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_S411C230113_9100/
Department Of Education grant (2024)
Amount: $4,400,000
Recipient: Mk Level Playing Field Institute
Purpose: Smash 3.0: innovations in programming strategies that promote equity in computer science pathways for historically-excluded students
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_S411C230113_9100/
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When students are given IQ tests to enter gifted and talented programs, psychologists have some discretion in their grading, and they tend to round up students who are right on the border of being classified as gifted.
www.nber.org
Can Gifted Education Help Higher-Ability Boys from Disadvantaged Backgrounds?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.