Posted on 06/11/2014 1:34:19 PM PDT by PoloSec
Is the civil war started yet? Didn’t want to miss it.
We got a dropout problem we got to deal with, Duncan said.
Get this, Ms Duncan—buhlow us!
The Sooner State, including every Redbud and every Scissor-tailed flycatcher in the great state of Oklahoma
Here’s another one...
“But where we will challenge status quo is when states dummy down standards.” It’s DUMB down, dummy.
Plus, it’s a backwards structured sentence which should read, “When states dumb down standards, we will challenge the status quo.”
Go back to school, you big dummy.
Texas said no to Common Core from the get-go. We are very wise. And two can play the threat game. Texas and OK have lots of pipelines running to both coasts. It would be a shame if there was no oil or gas in them next winter.
Thats also why the federal government should not be allowed to raise funds at all period, have all states wih balanced budget ammendments, any leftover may be used for federal projects with the states permission..
Starve the friggin beast..
yep a dropout problem, most are in the duhbummer administration..
That, plus MADD, is how we got the uniform minimum drinking age of 21.
Now, if you have new tougher stuff to do with kids; how are the already failing families where kids come from muti-generational second grade dropouts going to do better under core when core obviously makes you have to do lots of work home or fail?
Good point.
Yet another illustration of why this country needs a Second Party, a political party whose common denominator is to reduce Federal government on all fronts, to remove it from places where its role is superfluous. Axing the Fed back 60 percent would do wonders for the freedom and prosperity of America. People want to vote FOR that kind of approach, but both major parties offer the opposite.
Given the way the Administration caves to every foreign opponent out there, the odds are definitely in OK’s favor
But then again, a post-modern socialist like Obama see enemies only on the inside of the country, not the outside.
“The truth of the matter is that as long as Oklahoma stands its ground, there is little the White House can do”
BS. They can just stop federal funds from going to Oklahoma unless they adopt common core.
Like they did with seat belts, drinking age limit and DUI. And probably a bunch of other stuff too......
Resist we much. A small unelected, unaccountable committee in Wash-DC who will give us a Trojan horse of socialist indoctrination.
This from the guy who ran that great system known as CHICAGO ?
Where the Robeson HS just held their celebration of-———— “ARE SCHOOL”??.....OKLA’s stats far better than ChiTown’ where Ol Arne was the schoolmaster.......................
All “Heil Arne and Rahmbo!”
Starting with the days of “new math”, the evolution of the teaching of mathematics probably goes like this:
The following examples may help to clarify the difference between the new and old math.
1960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of this price. What is his profit?
1970 (Traditional math): A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. What is his profit?
1975 (New Math): A logger exchanges a set L of lumber for a set M of money. The cardinality of set M is 100 and each element is worth $1.
(a) make 100 dots representing the elements of the set M
(b) The set C representing costs of production contains 20 fewer points than set M. Represent the set C as a subset of the set M.
(c) What is the cardinality of the set P of profits?
1990 (Dumbed-down math): A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Underline the number 20.
1997 (Whole Math): By cutting down a forest full of beautiful trees, a logger makes $20.
(a) What do you think of this way of making money?
(b) How did the forest birds and squirrels feel?
(c) Draw a picture of the forest as youd like it to look.
The indoctrinated pupils end up not even talking about mathematics at all.
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