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Category Archives: Education issues

Sarah Fields Takes Down a School

Sarah Fields Takes Down a School

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Tony Lima

In the pdf below, Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) takes down the Foster Pre-K 8 school in the Jefferson County (Colorado) District. The schools had a few teachers sneaking woke, sexually explicit Continue Reading →

Posted in Education issues | Tagged featured, Jefferson County, Sarah Fields
"Race to the Bottom"

“Race to the Bottom”

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Tony Lima

“Race to the Bottom” is the title of Luke Rosiak’s new book.  The bottom, that is, of K-12 public education achievement. Continue Reading →

Posted in Education issues | Tagged education, featured, Rosiak
UC logo with math The Proposed California Math Framework

The Proposed California Math Framework part 2

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Tony Lima

The California math framework gives “women and minorities” better access to STEM fields. But it will trap them in the Non-STEM Ghetto(™). Continue Reading →

Posted in Education issues | Tagged California math framework, featured, Lawler, Stephanie M. Lee
UC logo with math The Proposed California Math Framework

The Proposed California Math Framework

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Tony Lima

The California math framework gives “women and minorities” better access to STEM fields. But it will trap them in the Non-STEM Ghetto(™). Continue Reading →

Posted in Education issues | Tagged California math framework, featured, Lawler, Stephanie M. Lee
TIMSS math 2019 The State of U.S. Education in 2019: How We Stack Up Internationally

The State of U.S. Education in 2019: How We Stack Up Internationally

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Tony Lima

The State of U.S. Education in 2019: How We Stack Up Internationally. The U.S. is slightly above average. California is way below. Continue Reading →

Posted in Education issues | Tagged education, featured, international comparison, math, science
NAEP 8th grade science 2015 The State of U.S. Education in 2019: Comparing the States

The State of U.S. Education in 2019: Comparing the States

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Tony Lima

The state of U.S. education: test scores from the NAEP, spending from the Census Bureau, and a measure of state price levels from the BEA. Continue Reading →

Posted in Economic Data, Education issues | Tagged education, featured, NAEP, state comparisons, TIMSS
Prof. Kathryn Paige Harden MIT reinstates SAT and ACT for admission

MIT Reinstates SAT and ACT Tests for Admission

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Tony Lima

MIT reinstates SAT and ACT tests for admission.  Below is a thread by Prof. Kathryn Paige Harden describing the research behind this decision. Continue Reading →

Posted in Economic Data, Education issues | Tagged ACT, college admission, featured, Kathryn Paige Harden, MIT, SAT
Christina Pushaw on Critical Race Theory

Christina Pushaw on Critical Race Theory

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Tony Lima

Christina Pushaw is an excellent investigative journalist. And does she ever have things to say about Critical Race Theory. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Education issues | Tagged Christina Pushaw, critical race theory, crt, featured, Pushaw
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse just say no to woke math

Just Say No to Woke Math

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Tony Lima

California is dumbing down the math curriculum. Williamson Evers and I have written about this. Summarizing both, “just say no to woke math.” Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Education issues | Tagged featured, math, mathematics, woke math
Parents Defending Education

Parents Defending Education

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Tony Lima

Every parent concerned about the ongoing decline in the quality of K-12 public education should consider joining Parents Defending Education. Continue Reading →

Posted in Education issues | Tagged featured, k-12 education, parents defending education, public schools

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