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education issues

  1. Graham2001

    Merged $25,000 Spent on programes that made things worse./Woke kindergarten

    To try and increase attendance and literacy a school district in California bought in a provider called 'Woke Kindergarden' and the results were declines in those benchmarks. From the San Franscisco Chronicle (Archived version of the article is linked below the quote)...
    • Graham2001
    • Thread
    • education issues education reform wokeness
    • Replies: 167
    • Forum: Education
  2. Graham2001

    MA in Magic and Occult Sciences

    As announced earlier this year the Britsh University of Exeter is starting up a course in 'Magic and Occult Sciences' and why, well the penultimate statement in the course summary explains it quite clearly... https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/magic/2023/06/27/ma-in-magic-and-occult-sciences/ Given...
  3. HoverBoarder

    Dumbing down schools for equity

    Some states including California and Oregon have decided that the best way to address racial inequities in graduation rates and grade levels is to dumb down curriculum and standards. These ideas including that "math is racist," and other denunciations of core educational components, are based on...
  4. Andy_Ross

    Patriotic education Law signed today by Greg Abbott

    Greg Abbott said today https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1401978575054684175 What is 'patriotic education'? Will it involve teaching that Vicente Guerrero emancipated all slaves in Mexico in 1829? Or that 95% of Texas’ economy was based on cotton production picked by slaves? Or...
    • Andy_Ross
    • Thread
    • education issues greg abbott texas issues texas politics
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: USA Politics
  5. Graham2001

    The Newest Math...

    The 18th Century view on Africans and Maths... Thomas Jefferson The 21st Century view on Africans and Maths... (e.g. A much more elaborate way of saying the thing that Jefferson said in the 18th Century...) From the 1st 'stride' of 'A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction...
    • Graham2001
    • Thread
    • education issues math education racism issues
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Education
  6. David Mo

    President Bolsonaro against philosophy.

    Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian President, on Twitter April 27, 2019: The Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub, is studying how to decentralize investment in philosophy and sociology at universities. Students who have already enrolled will not be affected. The objective is to focus on areas that...
  7. Graham2001

    'Defeated' teacher's open letter to parents about disciplining their children

    https://au.news.yahoo.com/defeated-teachers-open-letter-parents-discipling-children-094256858.html You only have to look at the rise of the phrase "I'm unable to adult today" to understand this person may have something, though my personal belief is that the generation described in the letter...
  8. psionl0

    Oxford University decides that female students need more time to pass exams.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/01/22/oxford-university-gives-women-time-pass-exams/ One would have thought that a prestigious university like Oxford would have done research before insulting women with their condescending "can't compete with men" policy change. But no, political...
  9. lionking

    Australian school principals shut down religious education classes

    One of the most shameful political decisions in recent years was the one by the former Liberal government to require religious education classes, despite our constitution holding that education shall be "secular and free" (it isn't free either). The Labor government, not wanting to upset the...
  10. Trakar

    How do we create/maintain a reality-based education system?

    http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_texas_public_schools_undermining_the_charter_movement.single.html If some groups wish to teach this stuff in their own private schools, they are the students they graduate will have to deal with the consequences...
    • Trakar
    • Thread
    • education issues science education issues teaching issues texas education texas issues textbook issues
    • Replies: 81
    • Forum: USA Politics
  11. The Don

    UK - Michael Gove - make state schools more like private schools

    Another day, another proposal from Michael Gove about how to change education. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26015535 Apparently if state schools act more like private schools then they will get the same results. This conveniently ignores the fact that private schools have many times...
  12. arthwollipot

    How are children in Afghanistan taught mathematics?

    “If you shoot a gun and the bullet travels at X speed towards a soldier standing 500 metres away, how long does it take to kill him?” But things are improving. http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/education-in-afghanistan-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
  13. Skeptic Ginger

    Latest Fundy Fear mongering: Universities make kids atheists

    OK, so Santorum made another outrageous fundamentalist claim: Colleges are turning theists into atheists: Rick Santorum Sounds 'Indoctrination' Warning Over Obama College Plan So I figured this was not his original idea and it was likely to be bouncing around Evangelical and other...
  14. zooterkin

    Blow for creationists in the UK

    The BHA (British Humanist Association) is claiming victory in a campaign to ensure that free schools are not allowed to teach ID or creationism as an alternative to the theory of evolution in science classes. ETA: Here's the full press the release from the BHA.
  15. Tsukasa Buddha

    New Charter School Info Out *drumroll*...

    Linky. I read a comment about this that strikes me as correct: charter schools are about reforming labour, not education. And what makes this "Noble" chain different? As with most private schools, it seems like simple biased samples: Linky. As always, Democratic connections seem to underlay...
    • Tsukasa Buddha
    • Thread
    • charter schools chicago issues education issues rahm emanuel school issues
    • Replies: 65
    • Forum: USA Politics
  16. Tricky

    Standardized Testing: Another way to discriminate against the poor

    First, as a disclaimer, let me say that Ms. Tricky is a tutor. She tutors students for standardized tests. She works for a well-known company which is quite good at helping kids prepare for standardized tests. The tutoring is not cheap at all, though only a tiny fraction actually goes to Ms...
  17. J

    The dumbing down theory

    Is education optimal? The complete article is at this link: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/does-going-to-college-make-you-smarter-or-poorer-2445161/ Unfortunately, we can't actually see the people that are making posts on the internet. For all we know, some of them are pre high school...
  18. ravdin

    Germans get political asylum in the US

    A lot of people around the world are robbed, subjugated, tortured, and even murdered by despotic governments and/or totalitarian religious thugs. So it's a fine thing for a free nation to have a tradition of sheltering political refugees who are facing certain imprisonment or death at home for...
  19. Beerina

    US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum

    US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum While it seems a social issue at first glance, it's really doubly political: international, as well as the propriety of government demanding how you educate your children.
    • Beerina
    • Thread
    • education issues germany issues homeschooling parental rights parenting political asylum
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: USA Politics
  20. Temporal Renegade

    Texas is only 6000 years old!

    More goodness, from the Republic of Texas. The opening paragraph: __________ During the Texas State Board of Education hearings on science standards for Texas schoolchildren, BoE member and staunch creationist Barbara Cargill decided that the age of the Universe was up for vote. Oddly enough, I...
  21. Elizabeth I

    Texas Lege May Strip Education Board of Power

    Who'da thunk it? Legislators may strip education board of power Politicians actually demonstrating some common sense!
  22. Temporal Renegade

    Texas Education Board Extremists Target Social Studies

    From TFN Insider: seems that the Texas Board of Education, is having a go at trying to re-do the curriculum. Again. To quote from the article: --- The Texas State Board of Education is set to appoint a social studies curriculum “expert” panel that includes absurdly unqualified ideologues who are...
  23. Temporal Renegade

    Texas Opens Classroom Door for Evolution Doubts

    I've placed this here, because of the content; although, it could probably be crossed-posted. I guess if you can't get ID taught in schools, do the next best thing: attempt to 'question' what's being taught... Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal...
    • Temporal Renegade
    • Thread
    • creationism education issues intelligent design science education issues texas education texas issues
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Education
  24. FSM

    Evolution Teaching Provision Fails First Test in Texas! Yeehaw.

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/Evolution_teaching_provision_fails_first_test.html But there are more votes to come... gah.
    • FSM
    • Thread
    • creationism education issues intelligent design science education issues texas education texas issues
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Religion and Philosophy
  25. Diagoras

    New Texas science standards creationism-free!

    Good news, everybody! http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/1118331.html
  26. B

    Bible studies approved

    I have not done an exhaustive search so I'm not sure if there are other threads regarding this; the NYTimes and AP are reporting that the Texas state's Board of Education has given final approval to officially offering bible study classes in public high schools. Classes started in 2007 pending...
  27. TsarBomba

    A bible in every Texas classroom

    The head of the appropriations committee in the Texas House has proposed HB-1287, which would require all 1,700 Texas high schools to offer two elective classes on the Bible as literature--with the sole textbook being the Holy Bible. You can hear a representative of the Texas Freedom Network...
    • TsarBomba
    • Thread
    • bible issues education issues school issues texas freedom network texas issues texas laws
    • Replies: 123
    • Forum: Religion and Philosophy
  28. L

    Texas School District approves Bible class

    Someone get Michael Newdow and the ACLU http://www.herald-zeitung.com/story.lasso?wcd=15080 New Braunfels trustees approve elective Bible class By Jessica Sanders The Herald-Zeitung Published January 17, 2006 A Bible course will be offered at New Braunfels High School next semester despite...
    • losman
    • Thread
    • bible education bible issues education issues religion and education religious education texas education texas issues
    • Replies: 76
    • Forum: Religion and Philosophy
  29. gnome

    For Shanek (or any other interested members): Public education

    You have mentioned in the past that public education does not have to be funded by government. Unfortunately it usually does not get far past that before moving on to other points. Could you describe such a plan? I'd like to see if the idea works for me...
    • gnome
    • Thread
    • education issues homeschooling school issues
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: USA Politics
  30. Eos of the Eons

    This is depressing

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/11/06/evolution.schools.ap/ Leave out the facts, throw in some ID or creationism, and what are the kids left with? They are being robbed of a decent education. I've said this before, they have catholic and other private schools where they teach what they want...

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