tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2113378429940730094..comments2024-03-18T08:02:51.154-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Political Indoctrination in Suburban SchoolsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-42207744879296311372017-10-08T12:27:04.787-07:002017-10-08T12:27:04.787-07:00Katherine Kersten: One in five Edina High School s...Katherine Kersten: One in five Edina High School students can’t read at grade level and one in three can’t do grade-level math. These test results dropped EHS’s ranking among Minnesota high schools from 5th to 29th in reading proficiency, and from 10th to 40th in math proficiency between 2014 and 2017. <br /><br />Statistically it would make sense that SOME fraction of kids at a given school can't read at their grade level, and 20% sounds ordinary, while 33% might be more concerning. And dropping from 5th to 29th or 10 to 40 suggests a need for concern, while they're still apparently a far above average school.<br /><br />I can't guess if identity politics has anything to do with the drops, and you also have to look at the kids, including the possibility that kids-per-household have been dropping since the 1960s, and more richer parents will send kids to private schools, and perhaps Edina has been filling the gap with more bused inner city kids who have more challenges that the traditional white middle class from their past. At least that seems important to consider, among other possible explanations.<br /><br />But Katherine Kersten isn't interested in causes. She's interested in resisting a misplaced cultural war against whites, and as Rush Limbaugh taught me "Never trust facts of people with causes." Certainly parents should be paying attention, whether or not this is lowering their children's demonstrable skills.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59387184305232490592017-10-08T08:22:24.263-07:002017-10-08T08:22:24.263-07:00Good points, Stuart.
We must examine ways to tam...Good points, Stuart. <br /><br />We must examine ways to tame this “beast,” because it is everywhere. Trump’s election was a push back, but the pixelated shaming goes on more than ever. <br /><br />My point is it’s easier to quietly move on than deal with all that shaming, particularly when it happens to your kids 7 hours a day in school. And, if the property values are gonna fall, better to cash out sooner rather than later. The price of private school would be factored into any loss on the home, and the price of homeschooling is expensive considering that a couple would have to sacrifice one income to make it work. <br /><br />It’s really sad that we’re going backwards. It’s no longer about history, it’s grievance studies. It’s no longer about equal opportunity, it’s about disparate impact. It’s no longer about learning, it’s about indoctrination. Everything is about looking backwards. Any fool can do that. What about a better future? What are we going to belong to in the future? <br /><br />IACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-52665105004385626792017-10-08T07:50:36.254-07:002017-10-08T07:50:36.254-07:00Moving away would be a great idea... but I suspect...Moving away would be a great idea... but I suspect that as soon as the news is out, property values in Edina will decline significantly. Other possibilities are private school or home schooling. If we knew how the schools were funded, we could offer some other possibilities. If citizens vote for the school budget or for the property taxes that fund it... they might find a way to starve the beast.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25497924502152123102017-10-08T07:30:32.317-07:002017-10-08T07:30:32.317-07:00I wonder if Edina’s “All for All” is explained to ...I wonder if Edina’s “All for All” is explained to students, parents, teachers and administrators in a little red book. <br /><br />Opening sentence: “Our diversity is our strength, but some are more diverse and therefore stronger than others.”<br /><br />Embracing an idea like “ancestry, genetic code and melanin” is taking the American experiment backwards, to the lesser demons of our nature. Any fool can recognize and value these things, because they are inherited. You can’t grow out of, or run away from, your heritage, genes and skin color... they just ARE. Again, there seems to be a hopelessness and doom to all this social experimentation, and it’s visited in children. <br /><br />You can’t be a “changemaker” if you are a self-evident dolt. Edina sounds like an Antifa collective re-education district. <br /><br />Our school systems are producing b colorful parrots. But at least every parrot is special. Yuh can hang your hat on that. <br /><br />Best for Edina parents to relocate to another town. With tenured teachers unions and legalistic administrators, it will take a generation of hard work by citizens to turn back this rot. Parents can demand all they want, but it’s easier to move away and move on in today’s society than it is to take on thei sort of despotism. I’m sure Katie Mahoney has full backup at the Board of aeducation level. After all, the fish rots from the head. <br /><br />IACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com