Education in America

[daz28]

On 4/8/2025 at 10:33 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

Hooked on Phonics: Mississippi's Education Reform Pays Off As It Leads Nation In NAEP Test Scores

 

 

 

The Left likes to pretend red states are backward, uneducated enclaves of MAGA-hat wearing Nazis. They'll tell you all day long how they are smarter, morally superior, and just plain better people than folks in flyover country.  (often voiced by the lowlives here on PPP)

 

Except we've seen what happens in blue cities and blue states, and it's not superior to anyone or anything.

 

So it's going to really tick off the Left when they see that Mississippi is leading the way when it comes to test scores:

 

 

And Oregon is dead last.

 

Oregon did away with testing and graduation requirements in the name of 'equity',

which just means every kid who comes out of Oregon's public schools is equally illiterate.

 

https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/04/08/mississippi-school-test-scores-soar-n2411110

 

The right like to pretend that they aren't living off the blue states and big cities.  We call them backwards and uneducated, because they in turn call those blue states and cities the "socialists".  

[4th&long]

Our great and smart education secretary has been calling AI A1. It's the little things I life. 

[stevestojan]

3 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

Our great and smart education secretary has been calling AI A1. It's the little things I life. 

i thought you were joking… you were not. 

 

first graders learning all about steak sauce. 😂😂😂😂

 

A1!!! And she’s the leader! Hahaha. No wonder these dolts who are pushing for more American manufacturing jobs - that will mostly be replaced by robotics and “A1” - support her.
 

Holy sh!t. AI is talked about DAILY in most industries and the head of Education for the country read it once, couldn’t figure out that the “1” she saw was actually and “I” and then goes on stage to talk about how great it is. This is too good. 

 

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjeyw8JT/

 

[daz28]

11 minutes ago, stevestojan said:

i thought you were joking… you were not. 

 

first graders learning all about steak sauce. 😂😂😂😂

 

A1!!! And she’s the leader! Hahaha. No wonder these dolts who are pushing for more American manufacturing jobs - that will mostly be replaced by robotics and “A1” - support her.
 

Holy sh!t. AI is talked about DAILY in most industries and the head of Education for the country read it once, couldn’t figure out that the “1” she saw was actually and “I” and then goes on stage to talk about how great it is. This is too good. 

 

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjeyw8JT/

 

Every single one of them sounds unqualified every time they speak.  Been spendin most our lives livin in the loyalists paradise...

[B-Man]

 

 

 

[The Frankish Reich]

On 4/11/2025 at 2:05 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

 

I just watched The Ten Commandments, as I do every Easter/Passover season.

Yul Brynner looked pretty white to me.

[B-Man]

 

The Education System Is Failing, But Change Is Coming

Now the Trump administration, with an executive order on disparate impact, is doing something about it.

By  Matt Walsh

 

 

 

You will not find a legal theory that’s done more damage to this country in the last half century than the idea of “disparate impact.”

 

Whether you realize it or not, this is a legal concept that has almost certainly impacted your life at some point, along with the lives of millions of other people. In short, disparate impact allows people to sue whenever a policy — whether it’s a government policy, or the policy of a private business — has a disproportionate effect on certain demographics. It doesn’t matter if the policy is intended to be discriminatory. It doesn’t matter if the policy is completely neutral, on its face. All that matters is whether the policy affects some demographics more than others.

 

To give just one example: If a written test for a police academy contains basic math questions — questions which are not racist in any way — the test is still considered to be illegal under the disparate impact theory if, say, 80% of black applicants fail it. The only way to survive a lawsuit under this theory is to prove that, in reality, the disparate impact is strictly necessary for some important purpose of the business or organization.

 

In practice, especially in places like New York and California, this is extremely difficult to prove. After all, we’ve been told meritocracy is now a racist concept. Why do police officers need to understand that two plus two equals four, anyway? A lot of jurors actually think like this, especially the ones who won’t venture outside unless they’re wearing two masks and a portable ventilator. 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-education-system-is-failing-but-change-is-coming?

[B-Man]

 

 

Sad but true.

 

 

[Beach]

9 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Sad but true.

 

 

substitute teacher here, I cherry pick which schools I go to and which classes I do.  usually I end up with the kids being smarter than me.

[Big Blitz]

 

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, Big Blitz said:

 

Hey, look at us! Our white kids are just as good as your white kids!!* Never mind that our black kids are failing at a nation-leading rate.

Mississippi, still Mississippi.

 

*what exactly do you think "demographic adjusted" data means?

[Orlando Buffalo]

22 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Hey, look at us! Our white kids are just as good as your white kids!!* Never mind that our black kids are failing at a nation-leading rate.

Mississippi, still Mississippi.

 

*what exactly do you think "demographic adjusted" data means?

demographic adjusted does not just adjust for race, if that is what you mean, but also income, and legal status in our country. 

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

demographic adjusted does not just adjust for race, if that is what you mean, but also income, and legal status in our country. 

Thanks for clarifying.

 

But still: So taking into account the facts that Mississippi has one of the largest black populations on a percentage basis and that it is one of the poorest states, it's students aren't doing as poorly as it appears they are.

 

Faint praise ...

[Big Blitz]

 

[The Frankish Reich]

17 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

I hate to admit it, but he's right.

Colorado, my state, take a big bow ... you are the nation's leader in 8th grade reading proficiency.

35% of our 8th graders score proficient or better. Wow. Only 65% of our kids are failing at the most basic skill. Give us a medal or something.

Or move to Mississippi and crow about your 22% rate.

It all sucks.

[IYKYK]

20 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I hate to admit it, but he's right.

Colorado, my state, take a big bow ... you are the nation's leader in 8th grade reading proficiency.

35% of our 8th graders score proficient or better. Wow. Only 65% of our kids are failing at the most basic skill. Give us a medal or something.

Or move to Mississippi and crow about your 22% rate.

It all sucks.

It’s funny how pretty much all blue states and cities have horrible school systems!?

Yet leftists always claim to be so much more intelligent than anyone who thinks differently than them. I think the proof is in the pudding, bankrupt school systems in blue states lead to illiterate leftist voters. 

[Big Blitz]

They’re obsessed with teaching kids the exact same thing in the exact same way.  
 

They are obsessed with “equity.”

 

They are obsessed with thinking they can get 10 year olds to “critically think” before teaching them what to think - because what they really are trying to do - is make them stupid.  
 

Yes, you have to teach them what to ****ing think.  Then, they can freely and independently begin to think critically about the content.  
 

My own kids - friends kids - I see and hear the exact same nonsense - kids are confused.  Don’t learn anything.  Here are some documents to “analyze” that make no sense to them.  Teachers don’t really teach bc they are told you can’t lecture anymore bc kids can’t listen for 2 minutes and nothing is more exciting than Tik Tok.  
 

 

Everything libs touch turns to ***t.  

Edited April 29, 2025 by Big Blitz

[The Frankish Reich]

17 minutes ago, Westside said:

It’s funny how pretty much all blue states and cities have horrible school systems!?

Yet leftists always claim to be so much more intelligent than anyone who thinks differently than them. I think the proof is in the pudding, bankrupt school systems in blue states lead to illiterate leftist voters. 

Weird take. Certainly the largest cities have horrible school systems.

But what are the highest-performing states?

NJ, MA, UT, CT, VT, ID, CO, NH

I see only 2 red states out of 8 ...

[Homelander]

 

[The Frankish Reich]

3 minutes ago, Homelander said:

 

And to the point - the EO about truckers needing to pass a literacy test ... Sure, it sounds good, and I kind of agree in principle. But I drive I-40 through NM/AZ/CA pretty often. Maybe 20% of big rig drivers I see are Indian Sikhs. They even have Punjabi style restaurants in the truck stops. And they don't speak great English.

Who's gonna deliver those goods? Can you say "inflationary?"