Western Civilization was nice while it lasted. The Arithmetic of ‘Equality’
California is considering, or maybe has already, eliminated "tracking" in math education, because how dare you question them, you racist neanderthal!
The possibility of failure — being “left back,” as they used to say — was very real back in the day, before education professionals yielded to the political pressure for “equality.” Insofar as outcomes are not statistically equal between racial groups, this is an injustice, according to radical egalitarians, and so the possibility of failure was eliminated, and under the new regime of “progressive” educational, nobody flunks second grade — or third grade, or fourth grade, or any other grade.
That’s how you get results like Patterson High School in Baltimore, where 97% of students are below grade-level proficiency in math, and 79% are doing math at an elementary-school level.
Insert rant on the bigotry of low-expectations, and then a link to the movie Stand and Deliver. (If you have not seen that movie, you should.)
Click thru and read the whole thing. And then weep for the future of this country.
Funny you should mention math and Neanderthal. It would seem that Neanderthal genes are better at math and logic.
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