Dumb and Dumber (Nos. 91 & 92)

Watching the Education Apocalypse in Slow Motion

DUMB AND DUMBER (NO. 91)

PRE-SCHOOL EDITION

NOT SURE THAT ACADEMIC “EVIDENCE” TRUMPS COMMON SENSE. Of course it harms kids. Evidence Mounts That Pre-K Harms Kids 

THIS IS ONE REASON AMONG MANY AS TO WHY FEDERAL (OR STATE) FUNDING FOR PRESCHOOL IS A BAD IDEA. California Preschool Wins Lawsuit over Federal Gender Rules 

K-12 EDITION

AND NOT WITHOUT GOOD REASON: High schoolers are losing confidence in the benefits of a college degree: study.

AMERICANS ARE VOTING WITH THEIR FEE. And what can’t go on forever, won’t: As Enrollment Drops, School Closures Loom 

WHAT THE EDUCATION DEEP STATE DID TO AMERICA’S CHILDREN WAS IMMORAL: COVID School Closures Set Students Back Half A Year In Math. And the results are in. Chicago and Baltimore schools closed the longest and hardest:

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IS A DISASTER AND A DISGRACE. America’s government schools system gets more and more $$$ every year and academic result go down. How do the teachers’ unions propose to solve the problem? The teachers’ unions want to institute a four-day, onsite work week with Fridays being dubbed, “Mental Health Fridays.” What can’t go on forever, won’t: #JustWalkAway: “School Closures Continue Across The US, Often Unrelated To COVID.”

More than 20 school districts nationwide took off for mental health days around Thanksgiving, according to Karol Markowicz of the New York Post. Detroit schools closed every Friday in December due to rising COVID-19 cases and a need for a mental health break, according to Chalkbeat Detroit.THE ASSAULT ON AMERICA’S GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN CONTINUES AND THE FEMINISTS ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN: 'He must be so proud': High-school male pushes females out of high jump honors

THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS. What about human rights and all that? Oh, that’s right, not all cultures respect the right to life. Diversity is our strength: 10-Year-Old Kids Denied Drinking Water In Class Because Of Three Muslims Observing Ramadan

OUCH! Proof positive that the government school system is a fraud.

JOSEPH STALIN IS NO DOUBT ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE SCREAMING, “WHY DIDN’T THOSE DAMN AMERICAN ACADEMICS INVENT CRITICAL RACE THEORY WHEN I WAS IN POWER?!?!?!?! WE MIGHT HAVE WON THE COLD WAR”: “USA Today mocked for asking 'is math racist' in headline.” (This story is a couple of years old, but it is just as relevant today as it was then.)

Students practice equations through singing, dancing and drawing. Activities are sculpted around their hobbies and interests: anime, gaming, Minecraft. Problem-solving is a team sport, rather than an individual sprint to the right answer.

IS THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY FUNDING THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION? I would actually be surprised to learn that it wasn’t: “Hundreds of mathematicians rip 'social justice' teaching plan.”

HOMESCHOOLING/MICROSCHOOLING EDITION

OUTSTANDING. This is what happens when you simply leave people alone to figure out life’s problems. And guess what? They do!: In Tennessee, the Microschooling Movement Shows No Signs of Slowing Down.

HIGHER ED EDITION

NO KIDDING, SHERLOCK: Universities Are Making Us Dumber.

DEFUND DAVIDSON COLLEGE: Davidson College forces athletes to watch ‘only whites are racist’ video. 

NOPE: Hope for Harvard?

THIS IS INSULTING TO THE VICTORIANS: The New Victorians 

NOT EVEN SURE WHAT TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS OTHER THAN DON’T PAY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SEND YOUR KIDS TO THESE SCHOOLS: Dozens of U.S. colleges still require COVID vaccine

TRUE, AND MANY COLLEGES ARE GETTING AROUND ATTEMPTS TO KILL DEI BY REBRANDING IT AS CEBA (COMMUNITY, ENGAGEMENT, BELONGING AND ACCESS): Many top colleges ‘training a cadre of political commissars’ through DEI certificate programs: Watchdog

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EDITION

YEAH, I WANT MY DOCTOR MORE CONCERNED ABOUT RACISM THAN MY HEALTH: EXCLUSIVE: University Spent Over $200,000 On ‘Diversity’ Platform Teaching Physicians That Healthcare Is Racist

DUMB AND DUMBER (NO. 92)

K-12 EDITION

SOCIALIZATION, GOVERNMENT-SCHOOL STYLE. ‘Cause, ya know, socialization is really important: California teen dies from brain injuries from high school fight, mom claims. “AND LOOK, EVEN MORE SOCIALIZATION AT THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. Never forget that the virtue of socialization is why you should never homeschool your children: High School Teacher Accused Of Sex With A Dozen Boys, Buying Them Vapes, Booze

AMERICA HAS AN EPIDEMIC OF FEMALE TEACHERS IN THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH UNDERAGE BOYS. Weird. Can you explain this 25+ year social phenomenon? Remember Mary Kay Letourneau? Texas high school teacher, 24, accused of having sex with up to TWELVE boys after buying them vapes and booze, is arrested after her own mother turns her in to police

50+ MILLIONS KIDS WENT WITHOUT EDUCATION FOR 18 MONTHS. We will be living with the effects for years to come: School Closures During Pandemic Set Students Back More Than Half A Year In Math, Analysis Finds

TRIMMING AROUND THE EDGES WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX GOVERNMENT SCHOOLING. The problems are systemic: ‘They’re Distracting’: Schools Lock Up Phones As Kids Struggle To Pay Attention In Class

AS THE SONG SAYS: “War, what is it good for”: “Public Schooling Battle Map.”

I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONTINUES TO BUILD BIGGER AND BETTER WEAPONS SYSTEMS. Seriously, what’s the point? They’ll never have to use them. The fact is that the U.S. is committing national suicide. The Chinese don’t have to do anything other than sit and watch. “Curriculum Case Study: Let the Students Do the Talking, ‘It’s Real Life’.”

AND YOU WONDER WHY AMERICA’S SCHOOLS ARE FAILING ACADEMICALLY!?!?! One answer might be that some teachers are singing Britney Spears’ songs with Karaoke machines rather than, ya know, teaching: “Texas substitute teacher sings ‘Toxic’ during class with karaoke machine, asked to leave: report.”

HIGHER ED EDITION

STAY CLASSY: Prof worked to cancel her own conservative grad student: FOIA documents

THE LEFT WILL NOT REST UNTIL EVERY NON-LEFTIST IS PURGED FROM HIGHER EDUCATION: Embattled Ivy League Professor Amy Wax Alleges School Is Attempting To ‘Punish’ Her For Conservative Speech

THE TIME HAS COME TO RETHINK THE WHOLE SCIENCE THING IN THE SO-CALLED “SOCIAL SCIENCES.” It turns out that even the so-called social sciences can manipulate the truth about honesty: Honesty Researcher Engaged In Scientific Misconduct And Manipulated Data, Harvard Probe Finds

IT’S A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE: Wisconsin Legislature Passes Bill Banning Men From Women’s Sports

PROFILES IN COURAGE. This is a fabulous read by Abigail Shrier. Highly recommended: “What I told the students of Princeton.”

THE LIBERAL ARTS DID THIS TO THEMSELVES: “Elevating Engineering Over the Liberal Arts and Sciences.”

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EDITION

INCREASINGLY, ONE GETS THE SENSE THAT “JOURNALISM” IS NOT A LEGITIMATE ACADEMIC SUBJECT. And denouncing the “myth of meritocracy” sounds a bit like self-justifying rationalizing to me. The ASU journalism school isn’t that good. Defund: Top journalism school teaches students to avoid harmful 'microaggressions' that display 'myth of meritocracy'

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