Which Political View Runs Government Schools?

[PoliticalChic]

The current difficulty our education system is facing is due to communists and neo-Marxists....Liberals and Progressives....being in control:

1. Control currently is by those who follow the communist John Dewey and the communist Paulo Freire, who never intends “pedagogy” to refer to any method of classroom instruction based on analysis and research, or to any means of producing higher academic achievement for students. [H]e relies on Marx’s standard formulation that “the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat [and] this dictatorship only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.” In one footnote, however, Freire does mention a society that has actually realized the “permanent liberation” he seeks: it “appears to be the fundamental aspect of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.”
City Journal




It isn't as though real reform isn't known,or available:

2. The “Massachusetts miracle,” in which Bay State students’ soaring test scores broke records, was the direct consequence of the state legislature’s passage of the 1993 Education Reform Act, which established knowledge-based standards for all grades and a rigorous testing system linked to the new standards. And those standards, Massachusetts reformers have acknowledged, are Hirsch’s legacy.

In the new millennium, Massachusetts students have surged upward on the biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—“the nation’s report card,” as education scholars call it. On the 2005 NAEP tests, Massachusetts ranked first in the nation in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade math. It then repeated the feat in 2007. No state had ever scored first in both grades and both subjects in a single year—let alone for two consecutive test cycles. On another reliable test, the Trends in International Math and Science Studies, the state’s fourth-graders last year ranked second globally in science and third in math, while the eighth-graders tied for first in science and placed sixth in math. (States can volunteer, as Massachusetts did, to have their students compared with national averages.) The United States as a whole finished tenth. "
E. D. Hirsch’s Curriculum for Democracy



Will the Leftists be expunged from the system?

If they aren't.....America is finished.

 

[Bo Didleysquat]

The right wing attempted and almost succeeded in packing local school boards, until the voters made notice that the Moral Majority was neither moral or a majority.

When the facts indict the Left, here you are prepared with lies to shield your cult.


Here's what happened:

1. The radicals of the sixties did not remain within the universities…They realized that the apocalypse never materialized. “…they were dropping off into environmentalism and consumerism and fatalism…I watched many of my old comrades apply to graduate school in universities they had failed to burn down, so they could get advanced degrees and spread the ideas that had been discredited in the streets under an academic cover.” Collier and Horowitz, “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties,” p. 294-295.
2. “The radicals were not likely to go into business or the conventional practice of the professions. They were part of the chattering class, talkers interested in policy, politics, culture. They went into politics, print and electronic journalism, church bureaucracies, foundation staffs, Hollywood careers, public interest organizations, anywhere attitudes and opinions could be influenced. And they are exerting influence.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 51
3. “[The radicals] did not go away or change their minds; the New Left shattered into a multitude of single-issue groups. We now have, to name a few, radical feminists, black extremists, animal rights groups, radical environmentalists, activist homosexual organizations, multiculturalists, organizations such as People for the American Way, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Organization for Women (NOW), and Planned Parenthood.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 53

They took over the schools......and America suffers the result.

Nothing you post is credible. That's quite remarkable, you are now free to call me names, claim I'm and idiot or anyone of the personal attacks on me which you use on all posters who do not kiss your ass.

In fact, you are Trumpian, with all of his character flaws.

"Nothing you post is credible."


Here's what I posted.....it clearly refutes your bloviations.

1. The radicals of the sixties did not remain within the universities…They realized that the apocalypse never materialized. “…they were dropping off into environmentalism and consumerism and fatalism…I watched many of my old comrades apply to graduate school in universities they had failed to burn down, so they could get advanced degrees and spread the ideas that had been discredited in the streets under an academic cover.” Collier and Horowitz, “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties,” p. 294-295.
2. “The radicals were not likely to go into business or the conventional practice of the professions. They were part of the chattering class, talkers interested in policy, politics, culture. They went into politics, print and electronic journalism, church bureaucracies, foundation staffs, Hollywood careers, public interest organizations, anywhere attitudes and opinions could be influenced. And they are exerting influence.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 51
3. “[The radicals] did not go away or change their minds; the New Left shattered into a multitude of single-issue groups. We now have, to name a few, radical feminists, black extremists, animal rights groups, radical environmentalists, activist homosexual organizations, multiculturalists, organizations such as People for the American Way, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Organization for Women (NOW), and Planned Parenthood.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 53

So.....either Collier and Horowitz aren't 'credible' or you are.

Either Bork, nominee to the Supreme Court, is 'credible' or you are.

Do you know what 'credible' means?


Everything I post is linked, sourced, and documented......one reason why I am never wrong.

The choice couldn't be more clear: you remain our best source of greenhouse gases, and no more.

In complete honesty I don't read anything you post. All of which your write, in my experience, is either a lie, a half-truth, a biased opinion, a rumor, an innuendo or a character assassination.

"In complete honesty I don't read anything you post."

I can't begin to tell you how amusing this is.....and it happens over and over.


Some imbecile gets his head handed to him in the thread....you, posting 5-6 times in it already.....and then they claim they didn't read any of it.





Especially when you use the term 'honestly.'


Couldn't be further from your nature.

Were you attempting to support the poster's statement in the manner you did?

In complete honesty I don't read anything you post. All of which your write, in my experience, is either a lie, a half-truth, a biased opinion, a rumor, an innuendo or a character assassination.

 

[Bo Didleysquat]

The current difficulty our education system is facing is due to communists and neo-Marxists....Liberals and Progressives....being in control:

1. Control currently is by those who follow the communist John Dewey and the communist Paulo Freire, who never intends “pedagogy” to refer to any method of classroom instruction based on analysis and research, or to any means of producing higher academic achievement for students. [H]e relies on Marx’s standard formulation that “the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat [and] this dictatorship only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.” In one footnote, however, Freire does mention a society that has actually realized the “permanent liberation” he seeks: it “appears to be the fundamental aspect of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.”
City Journal




It isn't as though real reform isn't known,or available:

2. The “Massachusetts miracle,” in which Bay State students’ soaring test scores broke records, was the direct consequence of the state legislature’s passage of the 1993 Education Reform Act, which established knowledge-based standards for all grades and a rigorous testing system linked to the new standards. And those standards, Massachusetts reformers have acknowledged, are Hirsch’s legacy.

In the new millennium, Massachusetts students have surged upward on the biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—“the nation’s report card,” as education scholars call it. On the 2005 NAEP tests, Massachusetts ranked first in the nation in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade math. It then repeated the feat in 2007. No state had ever scored first in both grades and both subjects in a single year—let alone for two consecutive test cycles. On another reliable test, the Trends in International Math and Science Studies, the state’s fourth-graders last year ranked second globally in science and third in math, while the eighth-graders tied for first in science and placed sixth in math. (States can volunteer, as Massachusetts did, to have their students compared with national averages.) The United States as a whole finished tenth. "
E. D. Hirsch’s Curriculum for Democracy



Will the Leftists be expunged from the system?

If they aren't.....America is finished.

Relax love, Don is attempting to pull off your Night of the Long Knives wet dream.

Trump Reveals Plans for Nationwide Crackdown, More Militarized Police
Trump Reveals Plans for Nationwide Crackdown, More Militarized Police

Hands off your cocks Proud Boys, find your tiki torch.

 

[Lysistrata]

The current difficulty our education system is facing is due to communists and neo-Marxists....Liberals and Progressives....being in control:

1. Control currently is by those who follow the communist John Dewey and the communist Paulo Freire, who never intends “pedagogy” to refer to any method of classroom instruction based on analysis and research, or to any means of producing higher academic achievement for students. [H]e relies on Marx’s standard formulation that “the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat [and] this dictatorship only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.” In one footnote, however, Freire does mention a society that has actually realized the “permanent liberation” he seeks: it “appears to be the fundamental aspect of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.”
City Journal




It isn't as though real reform isn't known,or available:

2. The “Massachusetts miracle,” in which Bay State students’ soaring test scores broke records, was the direct consequence of the state legislature’s passage of the 1993 Education Reform Act, which established knowledge-based standards for all grades and a rigorous testing system linked to the new standards. And those standards, Massachusetts reformers have acknowledged, are Hirsch’s legacy.

In the new millennium, Massachusetts students have surged upward on the biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—“the nation’s report card,” as education scholars call it. On the 2005 NAEP tests, Massachusetts ranked first in the nation in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade math. It then repeated the feat in 2007. No state had ever scored first in both grades and both subjects in a single year—let alone for two consecutive test cycles. On another reliable test, the Trends in International Math and Science Studies, the state’s fourth-graders last year ranked second globally in science and third in math, while the eighth-graders tied for first in science and placed sixth in math. (States can volunteer, as Massachusetts did, to have their students compared with national averages.) The United States as a whole finished tenth. "
E. D. Hirsch’s Curriculum for Democracy



Will the Leftists be expunged from the system?

If they aren't.....America is finished.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

In which of these states are local school boards run by "communists" and "neo-Marxists"? Or even "leftists," whoever they are?

 

[PoliticalChic]

The current difficulty our education system is facing is due to communists and neo-Marxists....Liberals and Progressives....being in control:

1. Control currently is by those who follow the communist John Dewey and the communist Paulo Freire, who never intends “pedagogy” to refer to any method of classroom instruction based on analysis and research, or to any means of producing higher academic achievement for students. [H]e relies on Marx’s standard formulation that “the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat [and] this dictatorship only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.” In one footnote, however, Freire does mention a society that has actually realized the “permanent liberation” he seeks: it “appears to be the fundamental aspect of Mao’s Cultural Revolution.”
City Journal




It isn't as though real reform isn't known,or available:

2. The “Massachusetts miracle,” in which Bay State students’ soaring test scores broke records, was the direct consequence of the state legislature’s passage of the 1993 Education Reform Act, which established knowledge-based standards for all grades and a rigorous testing system linked to the new standards. And those standards, Massachusetts reformers have acknowledged, are Hirsch’s legacy.

In the new millennium, Massachusetts students have surged upward on the biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—“the nation’s report card,” as education scholars call it. On the 2005 NAEP tests, Massachusetts ranked first in the nation in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade math. It then repeated the feat in 2007. No state had ever scored first in both grades and both subjects in a single year—let alone for two consecutive test cycles. On another reliable test, the Trends in International Math and Science Studies, the state’s fourth-graders last year ranked second globally in science and third in math, while the eighth-graders tied for first in science and placed sixth in math. (States can volunteer, as Massachusetts did, to have their students compared with national averages.) The United States as a whole finished tenth. "
E. D. Hirsch’s Curriculum for Democracy



Will the Leftists be expunged from the system?

If they aren't.....America is finished.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

In which of these states are local school boards run by "communists" and "neo-Marxists"? Or even "leftists," whoever they are?

Let's check....wanna see where Leftist's control education???



1. "Third-Grade Teacher Has Students Write ‘Get Well’ Cards To Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal A third-grade teacher at a public school in New Jersey is under fire after she encouraged her students to write letters to notorious convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, who recently fell ill in prison.

Marylin Zuniga teaches language arts and social studies at Forest Street School in Orange, N.J."

Third-Grade Teacher Has Students Write ‘Get Well’ Cards To Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal



2. - School's Nation of Islam Handout Paints Founding Fathers as Racists

"School's Nation of Islam Handout Paints Founding Fathers as Racists
The mother of an eight-year-old wants to know why a Tennessee school teacher gave her child a handout from the Nation of Islam that portrayed the presidents on Mount Rushmore as being racists.

Sommer Bauer tells me her son was given The Nation of Islam handout at Harold McCormick Elementary School in Elizabethton. The handout asked “What does it take to be on Mount Rushmore?"

The handout then explains that George Washington hailed from Virginia, a “prime breeder of black people.” Of Theodore Roosevelt, it was alleged he called Africans “ape-like.” There were also disparaging remarks made of Thomas Jefferson (he enslaved 200 Africans) and Abraham Lincoln.

The teacher also told Sommer that her son was not supposed to take the Nation of Islam handout home. It was supposed to stay in the classroom. That bit of news caused her great alarm.


“The fact that students were cautioned against allowing their parents to see anything is deeply troubling,” West told me. “The only reasonable explanation is they don’t want parents to know what it is their children are learning.”


So what’s the bottom line?

“We had a teacher who apparently never looked at something, never read something, before it was distributed to a class of third graders,” West said. “In addition, she warned the students not to take it home.”

That does seem a bit odd.

I’ve interviewed Sommer at least a half dozen times. Her story has remained consistent. The teacher gave Sommer two explanations for what happened in the classroom. The superintendent gave me a third.

I find it hard to believe an 8-year-old boy would steal a handout from a teacher’s desk, bring it home and then concoct an elaborate tale to cover up the crime."




3. "...many parents of children in public schools are deeply concerned, wondering if they should keep their kids in public school or just get out now.

For these parents, the transgender agenda is the game-changer. Under pressure from transgender activists, progressive politicians, teacher unions, and the education establishment, and despite parents’ opposition, America’s public schools are capitulating to ideologues and implementing the radical transgender agenda with full force.


...regardless of biological sex, .... Activists want every child, from kindergarten on, to learn that “sex” is something “assigned at birth” rather than a biological reality. They want children to think that individuals get to choose their own “gender identity” (not limited to male or female), and that everyone else must affirm that “gender identity” as true.


...nothing that parents (or teachers) can do to prevent the schools from imposing policies designed to indoctrinate children with gender ideology.

....“political scientists and foreign policy experts have used the term deep state for years to describe individuals and institutions who exercise power independent of—and sometimes over—civilian political leaders.” In public education, the “deep state” describes a coalition of various groups – including teachers’ unions, progressive advocacy groups, major corporations, and philanthropists --that work together to promote the progressive worldview..."
America’s Public Education System: The Ultimate Deep State




4. The National Education Association approved a new "business item" expressing support for abortion access during its annual conference in Houston.

"[T]he NEA will include an assertion of our defense of a person's right to control their own body, especially for women, youth, and sexually marginalized people," the resolution states. "The NEA vigorously opposes all attacks on the right to choose and stands on the fundamental right to abortion under Roe v. Wade."

The NEA is the largest teachers' union in the U.S. with more than 3 million members. It collected nearly $400 million from American educators in 2018, according to federal labor filings. The union is also one of the most politically active in the country, spending $70 million on politics and lobbying in 2017 and 2018. Nearly all of the union's political action committee spending went to Democrats during the midterm cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.


NEA's 2019 adopted New Business Items (NBIs) reveal what savvy teachers have known for decades: state and national teachers' unions are essentially the political action committee of the Far-Left,"
Largest U.S. Teachers' Union Endorses Abortion




5. the 20-minute video being shown in American classrooms entitled The

Story of Stuff; a catchy title to appeal to grade school kids. This piece of anti-capitalist propaganda was
put together by Greenpeace member Annie Leonard.







6. NYC schools allow kids to go on #ClimateStrike
“TEN YEARS. We have ten years to save the planet,” Mayor Bill de Blasio cautioned in a tweet. “Today’s leaders are making decisions for our environment that our kids will have to live with. New York City stands with our young people. They’re our conscience. We support the 9/20 #ClimateStrike.”

Legions of adolescent activists across the globe are expected to demand immediate action to combat climate change in advance of a major UN conference on the issue next week.

As long as mom and dad sanction their principled truancy, absent kids won’t have attendance records dinged, the DOE said.

The September 20th event will feature Sweden’s “Climate Crisis” sweetheart, 16-year old Greta Thunberg.

Teen activist and Swedish sensation Greta Thunberg, who recently docked her zero-emissions sailboat in New York, will speak at the event which will snake its way through lower Manhattan to Battery Park.

Kids with parental permission to attend will be granted excused absences from school, Education Department officials tweeted Thursday.

The infamous “Green New Deal” will be promoted as well.

The New York City climate strike is backed by more than 100 environmental and political activist groups and other institutions, including New York Communities for Change, The New School and the Sierra Club.

The protesters’ demands include a “Green New Deal” that would end fossil fuel extraction and move the nation onto entirely renewable energy sources by 2030. Green New Deal policies have been backed by the likes of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Personally, if I were one of the kids, I might argue about going to school at all. After all, if the Earth only has 10 more years before we are going to die, wouldn’t it be better to spend the time having fun or spending quality time with family?

On the other hand, if the New York City school officials were really invested in solving the climate crisis, wouldn’t they emphasize science and math? Perhaps keeping the kids in school and having them conduct experiments or perform calculations would inspire an interest in real climate science.

One theory that seems to prove true and is certainly consistent with what is happening with the New York City schools: When global problems are emphasized by locals, serious local matters are being ignored.

Case in point: New York state test results for third- through eighth-grade public school students are out, and the results are underwhelming.

Statewide, more than half the kids flunked yet again: Just 45.4% were deemed proficient in reading and 46.7% in math. In the city, 47.4% passed the reading test, while 45.6% got by in math.

Think the problem’s skimpy funding? Sorry: In 2017, the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon reported in May, New York shelled out 89% more per kid than the national average. And that gap has been growing fast: In 1997, per-pupil outlays here were just 45% above average.

…In the city Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza tried to spin the results positively. The pass rate in English, they noted, is up 0.7 percentage points — and three whole points in math.

“Growth counts for something,” Carranza insisted.

Huh? That paltry uptick is what they’re proud of? Even though more than half the kids bombed? Please.

Notably, kids in the one category of public schools de Blasio and Carranza (and their union pals) don’t run — i.e., the charters — beat their counterparts in the regular schools by more than 10 percentage points in both English and math.

At least the kids won’t be flying private jets to attend the event. That makes them substantially less hypocritical than the celebrities who will be indoctrinating them during the Manhattan event.
NYC schools allow kids to go on #ClimateStrike




7. “Fifth-grade teacher defends wearing 'Columbus was a murderer' shirt to school” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/16/fifth-grade-teacher-defends- earing-columbus-was-a/


8. “Seattle Public Schools Say Math Is Racist
The Seattle Public Schools Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee (ESAC) released a rough draft of notes for its Math Ethnic Studies framework in late September, which attempts to connects math to a history of oppression.” Seattle Public Schools Say Math Is Racist





9. “The sex and gender revolutionaries have officially taken over the Austin Independent School District without firing a single shot. In spite of overwhelming opposition from parents and pastors, the district’s trustees voted early Tuesday morning to implement a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis.

The father of a fifth grader demanded to know who gave the school district the right to teach his child how to have anal and oral sex.” Texas School District Implements Pornographic Sex Education Policy




That's right.......all over the nation.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Yup.....Progressives....Liberals....Democrats.

And now for the results of indoctrination rather than education:


1. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students
The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card show declines in student performance across demographics.

2. MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

3. "Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics or reading performance, and the lowest performing students are doing worse," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said during a press call Tuesday.



4. ...declines in reading at both grades were also seen at all levels of achievement, whether students were high- or low-achieving, with the exception of the highest achieving fourth graders.

5. "Over the long term in reading, the lowest performing students – those readers who struggle the most – have made no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.

6. ...the scores of lower performing students declined in three of the four grade-subject combinations and those drops are what accounted for the overall drop in average scores."
https://www.usnews.com/news/educati...ores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students



It is not the students, the sub-groups, the color, the wealth.....

.....it is the political perspective that owns and operates the schools.

I gave a slide rule to a neighbors girl a few years ago thinking that the principle might interest her.
She could not grasp the concept that 2.1 could also represent 21, 210, 2,100 or 2,100,000.
She said Thank God for calculators!
When I was in school, you'd get thrown out for using a calculator! Now they NEED them!

The dumb shits these days cant make change without a cash register.

 

[Gdjjr]

Authoritarian collectivist.

Yep, Betsy Devos.

Collectivist: "relating to the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. See how this relates to her group (conservative GOP) to the hundreds of thousands of individuals working within every school dist. in the United States (including the children and their parents).

Betsy DeVos - Wikipedia

Both Party's subscribe to the unconstitutional Dept of Education-

 

[Gdjjr]

Authoritarian collectivist.

Brilliant....simply brilliant.

I'm gonna guess that that is the exact order the tiles fell out of the velvet Scrabble bag, huh?

Brilliant? No. Simple? Yes. It's not an esoteric endeavor.

 

[Wry Catcher]

When the facts indict the Left, here you are prepared with lies to shield your cult.


Here's what happened:

1. The radicals of the sixties did not remain within the universities…They realized that the apocalypse never materialized. “…they were dropping off into environmentalism and consumerism and fatalism…I watched many of my old comrades apply to graduate school in universities they had failed to burn down, so they could get advanced degrees and spread the ideas that had been discredited in the streets under an academic cover.” Collier and Horowitz, “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties,” p. 294-295.
2. “The radicals were not likely to go into business or the conventional practice of the professions. They were part of the chattering class, talkers interested in policy, politics, culture. They went into politics, print and electronic journalism, church bureaucracies, foundation staffs, Hollywood careers, public interest organizations, anywhere attitudes and opinions could be influenced. And they are exerting influence.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 51
3. “[The radicals] did not go away or change their minds; the New Left shattered into a multitude of single-issue groups. We now have, to name a few, radical feminists, black extremists, animal rights groups, radical environmentalists, activist homosexual organizations, multiculturalists, organizations such as People for the American Way, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Organization for Women (NOW), and Planned Parenthood.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 53

They took over the schools......and America suffers the result.

Nothing you post is credible. That's quite remarkable, you are now free to call me names, claim I'm and idiot or anyone of the personal attacks on me which you use on all posters who do not kiss your ass.

In fact, you are Trumpian, with all of his character flaws.

"Nothing you post is credible."


Here's what I posted.....it clearly refutes your bloviations.

1. The radicals of the sixties did not remain within the universities…They realized that the apocalypse never materialized. “…they were dropping off into environmentalism and consumerism and fatalism…I watched many of my old comrades apply to graduate school in universities they had failed to burn down, so they could get advanced degrees and spread the ideas that had been discredited in the streets under an academic cover.” Collier and Horowitz, “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties,” p. 294-295.
2. “The radicals were not likely to go into business or the conventional practice of the professions. They were part of the chattering class, talkers interested in policy, politics, culture. They went into politics, print and electronic journalism, church bureaucracies, foundation staffs, Hollywood careers, public interest organizations, anywhere attitudes and opinions could be influenced. And they are exerting influence.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 51
3. “[The radicals] did not go away or change their minds; the New Left shattered into a multitude of single-issue groups. We now have, to name a few, radical feminists, black extremists, animal rights groups, radical environmentalists, activist homosexual organizations, multiculturalists, organizations such as People for the American Way, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Organization for Women (NOW), and Planned Parenthood.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 53

So.....either Collier and Horowitz aren't 'credible' or you are.

Either Bork, nominee to the Supreme Court, is 'credible' or you are.

Do you know what 'credible' means?


Everything I post is linked, sourced, and documented......one reason why I am never wrong.

The choice couldn't be more clear: you remain our best source of greenhouse gases, and no more.

In complete honesty I don't read anything you post. All of which your write, in my experience, is either a lie, a half-truth, a biased opinion, a rumor, an innuendo or a character assassination.

"In complete honesty I don't read anything you post."

I can't begin to tell you how amusing this is.....and it happens over and over.


Some imbecile gets his head handed to him in the thread....you, posting 5-6 times in it already.....and then they claim they didn't read any of it.





Especially when you use the term 'honestly.'


Couldn't be further from your nature.

Were you attempting to support the poster's statement in the manner you did?

In complete honesty I don't read anything you post. All of which your write, in my experience, is either a lie, a half-truth, a biased opinion, a rumor, an innuendo or a character assassination.

No, in complete honesty, it seems you cannot read and comprehend my comment.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Authoritarian collectivist.

Yep, Betsy Devos.

Collectivist: "relating to the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. See how this relates to her group (conservative GOP) to the hundreds of thousands of individuals working within every school dist. in the United States (including the children and their parents).

Betsy DeVos - Wikipedia

Both Party's subscribe to the unconstitutional Dept of Education-

"Unconstitutional"? No more so than is the Dept. of State, Dept of Defense or any other dept. as authorized in Art II, Sec 2, clause 2.

 

[Kilroy2]

interesting story

MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

yeah Trump became president that year

Washington, D.C., was the only place where students posted gains in three out of the four grade-subject combinations.

one of the most solid democrats places in the US.

includes a break-out of student achievement in 27 large urban school districts.

black, Hispanic, Native American and white students in fourth and eighth grades scored lower in reading in 2019 compared to 2017.

Still

"The assessment is designed to tell you what, not why," she added. "Why is something the data cannot tell you."

Yeah interesting story that records data but cannot tell you why

Still it was 4th and 8th graders in Math and Reading that they gathered data

Best States rankings by US News & World Report.

Based on the latest data, Massachusetts was found to have the best public schools in America. The state was ranked first in math and reading scores and within the top 10 for college readiness and preschool enrollment. The state did, however, just rank 13th in terms of high school graduation rates.

New Jersey, New Hampshire were rated next

A more likely reason is access to media via phones, video games and cable

The top 10 states in terms of the best public schools based on this list are:

• Massachusetts
• New Jersey
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Connecticut
• Indiana
• Illinois
• Virginia
• Nebraska
• Pennsylvania

mostly democratic and liberal

Still you can guess which states consistently ranted in the lower tier

 

[Gdjjr]

Authoritarian collectivist.

Yep, Betsy Devos.

Collectivist: "relating to the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. See how this relates to her group (conservative GOP) to the hundreds of thousands of individuals working within every school dist. in the United States (including the children and their parents).

Betsy DeVos - Wikipedia

Both Party's subscribe to the unconstitutional Dept of Education-

"Unconstitutional"? No more so than is the Dept. of State, Dept of Defense or any other dept. as authorized in Art II, Sec 2, clause 2.

No more so? Can you point out the specific wording empowering the fed gov't to dictate an education mandate?

 

[Wry Catcher]

interesting story

MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

yeah Trump became president that year

Washington, D.C., was the only place where students posted gains in three out of the four grade-subject combinations.

one of the most solid democrats places in the US.

includes a break-out of student achievement in 27 large urban school districts.

black, Hispanic, Native American and white students in fourth and eighth grades scored lower in reading in 2019 compared to 2017.

Still

"The assessment is designed to tell you what, not why," she added. "Why is something the data cannot tell you."

Yeah interesting story that records data but cannot tell you why

Still it was 4th and 8th graders in Math and Reading that they gathered data

Best States rankings by US News & World Report.

Based on the latest data, Massachusetts was found to have the best public schools in America. The state was ranked first in math and reading scores and within the top 10 for college readiness and preschool enrollment. The state did, however, just rank 13th in terms of high school graduation rates.

New Jersey, New Hampshire were rated next

A more likely reason is access to media via phones, video games and cable

The top 10 states in terms of the best public schools based on this list are:

• Massachusetts
• New Jersey
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Connecticut
• Indiana
• Illinois
• Virginia
• Nebraska
• Pennsylvania

mostly democratic and liberal

Still you can guess which states consistently ranted in the lower tier

Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, rural Texas, rural Georgia, rural North Carolina and West Virginian.

 

[PoliticalChic]

"These horrible scores are reflected internationally, too, as the U.S. continues to slide in comparison to 15-year-old students of other nations. Accordingly, the U.S. ranks 35th in math, 25th in science, and 24th in reading. Singapore leads all countries in each category. Hong Kong follows. I doubt that these nations spend on education per pupil what the U.S. does. Asian culture might play a role here too. I know that will rub some liberal apologists the wrong way, but too bad. I care about our kids' prospects to reach their God-given potential.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, we spend $648 billion a year on education. We are getting nearly no return on our investment. Yet, all we ever hear from school officials and education advocates is that we need to increase school spending. Why? So we can produce more kids who cannot read?"
There's An Educational Crisis in the US. Does Anybody Care?

interesting story

MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

yeah Trump became president that year

Washington, D.C., was the only place where students posted gains in three out of the four grade-subject combinations.

one of the most solid democrats places in the US.

includes a break-out of student achievement in 27 large urban school districts.

black, Hispanic, Native American and white students in fourth and eighth grades scored lower in reading in 2019 compared to 2017.

Still

"The assessment is designed to tell you what, not why," she added. "Why is something the data cannot tell you."

Yeah interesting story that records data but cannot tell you why

Still it was 4th and 8th graders in Math and Reading that they gathered data

Best States rankings by US News & World Report.

Based on the latest data, Massachusetts was found to have the best public schools in America. The state was ranked first in math and reading scores and within the top 10 for college readiness and preschool enrollment. The state did, however, just rank 13th in terms of high school graduation rates.

New Jersey, New Hampshire were rated next

A more likely reason is access to media via phones, video games and cable

The top 10 states in terms of the best public schools based on this list are:

• Massachusetts
• New Jersey
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Connecticut
• Indiana
• Illinois
• Virginia
• Nebraska
• Pennsylvania

mostly democratic and liberal

Still you can guess which states consistently ranted in the lower tier

And another brilliant mind attempting to spin the truth.

The scores cover fourth through eighth grades, moron.

And....."no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.



You must be a government school grad, huh?

 

[alang1216]

Still you can guess which states consistently ranted in the lower tier

States that are more concerned with low taxes than they are with results?

 

[bodecea]

Yup.....Progressives....Liberals....Democrats.

And now for the results of indoctrination rather than education:


1. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students
The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card show declines in student performance across demographics.

2. MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

3. "Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics or reading performance, and the lowest performing students are doing worse," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said during a press call Tuesday.



4. ...declines in reading at both grades were also seen at all levels of achievement, whether students were high- or low-achieving, with the exception of the highest achieving fourth graders.

5. "Over the long term in reading, the lowest performing students – those readers who struggle the most – have made no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.

6. ...the scores of lower performing students declined in three of the four grade-subject combinations and those drops are what accounted for the overall drop in average scores."
https://www.usnews.com/news/educati...ores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students



It is not the students, the sub-groups, the color, the wealth.....

.....it is the political perspective that owns and operates the schools.

I am all for improving public schools while at the same time I respect a persons right to send their kids to private schools.


I OPPOSE destroying the public education system.

The Public School system should have the same power of Choice that private schools have.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Yup.....Progressives....Liberals....Democrats.

And now for the results of indoctrination rather than education:


1. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students
The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card show declines in student performance across demographics.

2. MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

3. "Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics or reading performance, and the lowest performing students are doing worse," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said during a press call Tuesday.



4. ...declines in reading at both grades were also seen at all levels of achievement, whether students were high- or low-achieving, with the exception of the highest achieving fourth graders.

5. "Over the long term in reading, the lowest performing students – those readers who struggle the most – have made no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.

6. ...the scores of lower performing students declined in three of the four grade-subject combinations and those drops are what accounted for the overall drop in average scores."
https://www.usnews.com/news/educati...ores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students



It is not the students, the sub-groups, the color, the wealth.....

.....it is the political perspective that owns and operates the schools.

I am all for improving public schools while at the same time I respect a persons right to send their kids to private schools.


I OPPOSE destroying the public education system.

The Public School system should have the same power of Choice that private schools have.

Public schools are supported by tax payers. If private schools accepted vouchers, they too would need to provide desks for all tax payer's children within the dist.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Yup.....Progressives....Liberals....Democrats.

And now for the results of indoctrination rather than education:


1. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students
The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card show declines in student performance across demographics.

2. MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

3. "Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics or reading performance, and the lowest performing students are doing worse," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said during a press call Tuesday.



4. ...declines in reading at both grades were also seen at all levels of achievement, whether students were high- or low-achieving, with the exception of the highest achieving fourth graders.

5. "Over the long term in reading, the lowest performing students – those readers who struggle the most – have made no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.

6. ...the scores of lower performing students declined in three of the four grade-subject combinations and those drops are what accounted for the overall drop in average scores."
https://www.usnews.com/news/educati...ores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students



It is not the students, the sub-groups, the color, the wealth.....

.....it is the political perspective that owns and operates the schools.

I am all for improving public schools while at the same time I respect a persons right to send their kids to private schools.


I OPPOSE destroying the public education system.

The Public School system should have the same power of Choice that private schools have.

I hope you understand that you are putting your Liberal credentials at risk.

The Obamunists demanded the very opposite.....threatening DoJ investigations if black and Hispanic students were held to the same standards...in discipline.....that white and Asian kids are.


That's why Nikolas Cruz was able to pass a background check, and obtain the gun to kill 17 innocents.




"Broward County adopted a lenient disciplinary policy similar to those adopted by many other districts under pressure from the Obama administration to reduce racial ‘disparities’ in suspensions and expulsions,” said Peter Kirsanow, a black conservative on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Washington. "In many of these districts, the drive to 'get our numbers right' has produced disastrous results, with startling increases in both the number and severity of disciplinary offenses, including assaults and beatings of teachers and students.”

For example, in St. Paul, Minn., a high school science teacher was “beaten and choked out” by a 16-year-old student, who allegedly came up behind him, called him a “f--king white cracker,” and put him in a stranglehold, before bashing his head into a concrete wall and pavement. The student, Fon’Tae O’Bannon, got 90 days of electronic home monitoring and anger management counseling for the December 2015 attack.

The instructor, John Ekblad, who has experienced short-term memory loss and hearing problems, blames the Obama-era discipline policies for emboldening criminal behavior, adding that school violence “is still rising out of control.” https://www.realclearinvestigations...cipline_policy_and_the_parkland_shooting.html



I hope you have the courage to respond.

 

[bodecea]

Yup.....Progressives....Liberals....Democrats.

And now for the results of indoctrination rather than education:


1. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students
The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card show declines in student performance across demographics.

2. MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

3. "Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics or reading performance, and the lowest performing students are doing worse," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said during a press call Tuesday.



4. ...declines in reading at both grades were also seen at all levels of achievement, whether students were high- or low-achieving, with the exception of the highest achieving fourth graders.

5. "Over the long term in reading, the lowest performing students – those readers who struggle the most – have made no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.

6. ...the scores of lower performing students declined in three of the four grade-subject combinations and those drops are what accounted for the overall drop in average scores."
https://www.usnews.com/news/educati...ores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students



It is not the students, the sub-groups, the color, the wealth.....

.....it is the political perspective that owns and operates the schools.

I am all for improving public schools while at the same time I respect a persons right to send their kids to private schools.


I OPPOSE destroying the public education system.

Where is any recommendation of 'destroying' public education.


Simply make certain that Progressives....Liberals....Democrats are not able to dictate how education is accomplished.


Good plan?

And.....how do you do that, Comrade?

 

[bodecea]

Yup.....Progressives....Liberals....Democrats.

And now for the results of indoctrination rather than education:


1. "Across the Board, Scores Drop in Math and Reading for U.S. Students
The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card show declines in student performance across demographics.

2. MATH AND READING SCORES for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement has government researchers particularly concerned.

3. "Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics or reading performance, and the lowest performing students are doing worse," Peggy Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said during a press call Tuesday.



4. ...declines in reading at both grades were also seen at all levels of achievement, whether students were high- or low-achieving, with the exception of the highest achieving fourth graders.

5. "Over the long term in reading, the lowest performing students – those readers who struggle the most – have made no progress from the first NAEP administration almost 30 years ago," she said.

6. ...the scores of lower performing students declined in three of the four grade-subject combinations and those drops are what accounted for the overall drop in average scores."
https://www.usnews.com/news/educati...ores-drop-in-math-and-reading-for-us-students



It is not the students, the sub-groups, the color, the wealth.....

.....it is the political perspective that owns and operates the schools.

I am all for improving public schools while at the same time I respect a persons right to send their kids to private schools.


I OPPOSE destroying the public education system.

The Public School system should have the same power of Choice that private schools have.

Public schools are supported by tax payers. If private schools accepted vouchers, they too would need to provide desks for all tax payer's children within the dist.

Not talking vouchers....talking about Public Schools having the same Choice that private schools have.