Trashing Unwoke BooksAs Ray Bradbury wrote in the introduction to the 50th anniversary of Fahrenheit 451, “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running around with lit matches.”
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/342752/
They are pretty damn determined.Fife wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:15 am We have a ringside seat for the suicide of Civilization.
Blessed are we who live in interesting times, I reckon.
"No Child Left Behind"C-Mag wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:01 am How to be the best school in the nation: Malspeth HS in Queens
At highly rated Maspeth High School in Queens, students know they can play hooky, skip course work, flunk tests — and still pass.
They call it the “Maspeth Minimum,” meaning everyone gets at least the minimum grade or score needed to pass or graduate, no matter what.
Whistleblowers call it fraud. The secret to the school’s 98% graduation and 90% Regents pass rate, they say, is simple: “Cheat!”
Four teachers told The Post that the 2,100-student high school — awarded a prestigious National Blue Ribbon in 2018 by the federal secretary of education — has an unwritten but iron-clad “no-fail policy,” even for kids who repeatedly don’t do the work or even show up.
“Teachers are not allowed to fail students,” a staffer said.
https://nypost.com/2019/09/14/maspeth-h ... -teachers/
Needs eye tracking so they can ensure children read the designated passages in the selected multicultural reading list and social theory, and also to know what wrongthink children actually have read.Fife wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:32 am How many more years before all "learning" permitted by the state is done on a screen device only?
Paper books of any type in schools will be given the same treatment as guns and plastic straws.