And the race to the bottom continues......

[Strike 5,371]

That nasty word "equity" rearing it's head again:

https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=21401

The Race To The Bottom seems to be accelerating.  Jump on the TimsCrotch train or be left behind!!! 

 

[wiffleball 4,789]

I like being on 'bottom".

[BuckSwope 654]

6 hours ago, Strike said:

That nasty word "equity" rearing it's head again:

https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=21401

The Race To The Bottom seems to be accelerating.  Jump on the TimsCrotch train or be left behind!!! 

 

Yeah, I don't get it.   Sure, some groups might still have troubles with access - so fix your district to allow those kids equal access or a different ramp-up class.  

[RLLD 4,188]

6 hours ago, Strike said:

That nasty word "equity" rearing it's head again:

https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=21401

The Race To The Bottom seems to be accelerating.  Jump on the TimsCrotch train or be left behind!!! 

 

So there is a class that is for high achievers......and these people want to remove it because they think minorities cannot achieve.....and they claim to oppose racism?

[Fireballer 2,641]

This pretty much sums it all up...when libs get something in their feelers, logic goes out the window.  I think AOC put it best...it more important to be morally right, than factually right.  The funny thing is that you could put some Nigerians in these classes and do just as well as whites and Asians.  This is just more race hustling for social clout and virtue signaling.

The CCUSD Equity Advisory Committee explains that “equity is [the district’s] moral obligation,”

 

[RLLD 4,188]

15 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

This pretty much sums it all up...when libs get something in their feelers, logic goes out the window.  I think AOC put it best...it more important to be morally right, than factually right.  The funny thing is that you could put some Nigerians in these classes and do just as well as whites and Asians.  This is just more race hustling for social clout and virtue signaling.

The CCUSD Equity Advisory Committee explains that “equity is [the district’s] moral obligation,”

 

correct

[Hardcore troubadour 15,204]

The NYPD lowered standards, again. No more 1.5 mile run, that had to be completed in 14 minutes.  Equity! 

[RLLD 4,188]

18 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

The NYPD lowered standards, again. No more 1.5 mile run, that had to be completed in 14 minutes.  Equity! 

You do not need great physical health to sit back and allow criminals to rampage

[DonS 3,292]

26 minutes ago, RLLD said:

You do not need great physical health to sit back and allow criminals to rampage

On the flipside a bullet will get to the perp a lot faster than their fat asses ever would.  Moot point all around. 

[Dizkneelande 1,093]

 

[Fireballer 2,641]

“The New Normal”: New York to Lower Math and English Proficiency Standards Due to Poor Test Results

I recently wrote how public educators and unions were methodically killing public education. The best example this week comes from New York where a school board committee has solved the dismal math and reading scores for children in the system . . .  they lowered the standards. This is not the first system to gut its standards rather than improve its quality of education.  As teachers and unions object to school choice, they continue to make the case for private education. Parents are increasingly voting with their feet. The board is simply calling the lack of proficiency “the new normal” and changing the standards. Done.

 

New York will permanently lower the math and reading proficiency standards after embarrassing results in state testing. It is akin to shortening the 100 yards dash to 50 yards to stay competitive on speed.

The media reported that

“A scoring committee that reports to the Board of Regents said Monday that they must take into account the results of last year’s tests for students in grades three through eight. Some schools posted shocking results — in Schenectady, no eighth grader who took the math test scored as proficient. And the scores for the third through eighth grade tests throughout the state were much lower in 2022 than in 2019, a result no doubt of the absence of in-person learning during the first year and beyond of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

This may seem insane to anyone with a proficiency in logic, but it is being shrugged off by many in New York. There is now an acceptance that the public schools cannot actually educate students to proficiency levels needed to succeed in the modern world.

We previously discussed the elimination of gifted and talented programs to achieve equity by artificially lowering everyone to the same level.

Other schools have eliminated the “F” to guarantee 100 percent passage rates.

Still others have suspended proficiency standards to simply graduate students who cannot reach required levels in writing, math, and English.

There is also a move to end standardized testing.

In a prior column, I was particularly moved by the frustration of a mother in Baltimore recently who complained that her son was in the top half of his class despite failing all but three of his classes. Graduating students without proficiency in English or Math is the worst possible path for these students, schools and society.

It is the dumbing down of America but administrators, boards, and unions insist that it is better for these students, who face dismal prospects for future employment. In the meantime, we are pouring billions into schools that cannot produce a single proficient student in basic subjects. If this were a business, there would be criminal fraud charges across the nation
 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,204]

I can tell you, nothing has gotten better in this state since Cuomo was elected.  It’s been a steady and sometimes abrupt decline since then.  This place was great when the freaks were contained. Then they broke out. 

[Strike 5,371]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-to-pay-1-8-billion-over-old-racist-teaching-exam-but-blacks-performed-poorly-on-newer-exams-too

[easilyscan 908]

 

1 hour ago, Strike said:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-to-pay-1-8-billion-over-old-racist-teaching-exam-but-blacks-performed-poorly-on-newer-exams-too

[seafoam1 2,898]

Shocking. 

"More than 90% of whites passed the test, while only 53% of blacks and even fewer Hispanics did."

[DonS 3,292]

What is the well known quote?

Something about those that cannot do, teach instead? 

Seems like the threshold for "teaching" just got a lot lower. 

[seafoam1 2,898]

33 minutes ago, DonS said:

What is the well known quote?

Something about those that cannot do, teach instead? 

Seems like the threshold for "teaching" just got a lot lower. 

Mooney...

[Strike 5,371]

Looks like @squistion was right.  No reason to teach math to kids.  Just let them use calculators:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/military-considers-allowing-calculators-entrance-exam-amid-continued-recruiting-struggles-report

[Strike 5,371]

It Is Now Easier to Pass AP Tests

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/it-is-now-easier-to-pass-ap-tests/ar-BB1qFqwY