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California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a Backlash
nytimes ^ | 11/06/2021

Posted on 11/06/2021 6:49:09 AM PDT by devane617

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To: olivia3boys

Good move, but keep a close eye on them. They’re generally hiring out of the same education colleges as the government schools.


121 posted on 11/06/2021 3:34:00 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Sowell is a serious genius. I wish we could clone him and have at least one for each state.

My favorite of his is The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy. It’s about 25 years old and still as relevant as the day it was first published. Perhaps more so.

https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Anointed-Self-Congratulation-Social-Policy/dp/046508995X


122 posted on 11/06/2021 3:43:40 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Jim Noble; Travis McGee

Sub-Saharan Africa already had large percentages of their population on HCQ and Ivermectin for malaria and African river blindness prophylaxis, respectively. While correlation is not causation, as you know, there are many who think both have significant effect vs. Covid.

Here are some interesting graphs and statistics on the latter.

https://archive.md/2021.08.28-042601/https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1431339779703017477.html


123 posted on 11/06/2021 3:52:07 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Drew68

STOP calling it “CRT”.

When they change the name to “Declaration of Independence Studies” you will celebrate.

Call it what it is: Anti-white hatred to hurt white children, especially the smallest.


124 posted on 11/06/2021 4:08:32 PM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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To: Reily

If a tenth as much effort was made toward learning math as is put toward athletics this problem wouldn’t exist !
***What we need to do is generate sports that combine mental and physical acuity.


125 posted on 11/06/2021 4:27:22 PM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Lib Buster

Isn’t that the legislation GWB let Ted Kennedy write?


126 posted on 11/06/2021 10:12:30 PM PDT by HKMk23 (The right of freedom of religion shall not be derogated even if the life of the nation is at stake.)
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To: I-ambush

each new play is a new situation. “Math” has just two additional attributes:1) ability to communicate the thoughts to another person, 2) by putting on paper it allows one to proceed in a more logical path.


127 posted on 11/08/2021 5:58:30 AM PST by jimfr
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To: Kevmo

Full-contact chess? j/k


128 posted on 11/08/2021 5:59:43 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

Why not?

There’s all kinds of permutations.

Basketball where the height of each team’s net depends on their grades from a quiz right before the game. New quiz at halftime.

Football where the highest scoring quizzer is the quarterback, 2nd highest is the wide receivers, and a minimum score for anyone trying to be a lineman. If your linemen are too dumb, you end up with only 2 on the line rather than 4.

Cross country, where you run to each post where there’s a quiz question and you can’t leave until you get the question correct. Combine that with what they’ve already combined: Golf + cross country, where you run to each hole carrying your clubs and it’s a combined time score + golf score, each stroke costs 1 minute or sumthin like that.

Boxing, where you punch into a target during the match and you have to hit the right target answer on the other side of the ring to get your single point.

Soccer. No goalies but the size of the goal is determined by how many right answers the team gets on the quiz for each quarter. Same with hockey.

Robot wars with 3 or 4 functions blocked, unblocking them requires the player to answer quiz questions correctly.


129 posted on 11/08/2021 10:23:42 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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Baseball, where the size of the strike zone is proportional to the grades on the quizzes.

Tennis, where the size of the racket is proportional...


130 posted on 11/08/2021 10:06:55 PM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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