The system mostly exists to perpetuate itself. And here’s the closest thing there is to a placebo: The achievement gap between black and white, rich and poor is not due to lack of money. It largely comes down to a vocabulary gap, which means a knowledge gap, because words name things. Perhaps you’ve heard of the 30… Read More Six Lies Most People Believe About U.S. Schools | The Federalist
ZeroHedge: And so it’s official: Pop goes the student loan bubble, as just confirmed by the Fed. Luckily student debt is dischargeable in bankruptcy. Oh wait. It isn’t. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy decade.
The goose-stepping little martinet who took away a preschoolers’ lunch has been suspended. Or, an employee has been punished for following orders. The mother of the 4-year-old girl whose turkey sandwich was replaced by chicken nuggets says the teacher is not to blame and shouldn’t be punished. “We are concerned for Ms. Maynor [the teacher]… Read More The Scandal Isn’t Over Until the Scapegoat is Driven Off…
When I was in middle school, they used to take us down to the multi-purpose room and make us watch plodding videos about nutrition (vegetables good, sugar bad), and then preach to us about the kinds of things we should be eating. I remember one day when the teachers asked whether we should be drinking… Read More When the Fascists Come, They Come for the Children First.
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