Education

Florida’s Lower IQ Scheme Doomed to Fail

January 4, 2007

The state of Florida plans to lower IQ requirements for gifted programs (free reg. req.) in government schools from 130 to 120 in an effort to include more “minority” students. But it won’t work. In “‘Holistic Review’ Just Another Disguise for Race Preferences,” I wrote a mini review of a highly-recommended book,

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Book Reviewing Fever

December 14, 2006

Update: Check out another book reviewing blogger at Big Mo’s Book Reviews. Jim Cannon, a blogging pal from way back, interviews a national guard soldier serving in Iraq. ——————————————————————————– I’ve got it, alright. I’m such a geek. One of my dreams was to review books for a living. That’s it. No movie or music reviews. [...]

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Race-Based School Assignment Cases Before the Supreme Court

December 5, 2006

Update II (12/6): James Taranto on How “Integration” Became Discrimination, SCOTUS blog… ——————————————– My latest Washington Examiner column is about the two race-based school assignment cases currently before the Supreme Court. White parents in Seattle and Jefferson County, Kentucky, sued the school districts for assigning students to schools based on race, a policy they claimed [...]

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Clueless Bureaucrat ‘Stunned’ By Irate Parents

December 1, 2006

Just a brief note on clueless, out-of-touch “education” folks. Bobbie Raehl, president of the St. Charles school board in St. Charles, Illinois, is genuinely shocked that parents in the district don’t want their kids shipped across town to satisfy leftists’ obsession with skin color diversity. Although the board says the diversity was socioeconomic, people unencumbered [...]

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Asians: The Non-Preferred Minority

November 28, 2006

Update II (11/29): Hard truth #101 (free reg. req.): “To ensure diversity among new associates, the study found, elite law firms hire minority lawyers with, on average, much lower grades than white ones. That may, the study says, set them up to fail.” Regardless of what anyone reading this blog thinks about me or why [...]

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Black Homeschooling on the Rise

September 28, 2006

Update (9/30): Colleges Coveting Homeschooled Students —————————————————— I am extremely pleased to know that the number of homeschooling black families is increasing. Before I elaborate on the race issue, let’s look at class. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, half of homeschooling families have incomes of $50,000 or less. Three quarters earn $75,000 [...]

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New Spin on Old ‘Stereotype Threat’ Theory

September 5, 2006

Update (9/6): What I don’t like about white liberal social engineer types and their black counterparts is their unseemly compulsion to hand-wring and point fingers at nameless and faceless third parties when it comes to explaining the black-white academic achievement gap. No matter whose fault it is, parents and students themselves have more power than [...]

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Juan Williams, White Minority at UC, Etc.

August 31, 2006

Update III (9/13): Did you land here from a search on “Juan Williams Enough?” Follow this link to access my review of his fabulous book. Update II (9/1): Juan Williams on Getting Past Katrina. Commenter Tracey writes: “Our problems start in the home with the family. “The Man” doesn’t make Black men be irresponsible and [...]

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Professor Laments Lack of Well-Read Students

August 22, 2006
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The Real Problem With ‘No Child Left Behind’

June 16, 2006

Saturday, June 17: Commenter Carol writes: “As for inner-city schools, my son attends a Baltimore City public school, and it’s interesting to note which children have two parents/middle class homes, and which children live in the projects down the street and have single moms. The vast majority of the 2-parent kids are well-spoken good students. [...]

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Muslims Want Religious Holidays on School Calendar

June 8, 2006

America was founded by Christians and theists who appealed to the Bible as they created what would become the greatest country in the world, but America is not, never was, and never will be a “Christian” nation. We live in a pluralistic society where people are free to worship golden calves if they desire. Given [...]

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I’m A Libertarian on Education

June 1, 2006

Friday, June 2: Behold the power of the blogosphere! Update (2:37 p.m.): I read yesterday about a separatist government school for hispanics called Academia Semillas del Pueblo. A show called McIntyre in the Morning is investigating the school, which is supported by racialist organizations like La Raza. After a reporter’s interview with the principal, someone [...]

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Are Government Schools ‘Hiding’ Blacks’ Test Scores?

April 19, 2006

Answer: Does it matter? With government schools, it all comes down to the black-white academic achievement gap, and don’t let anyone try to convince you otherwise. Whether it’s the takeover of suburban schools (read: tax base) in Omaha, Nebraska, or the dumbing down of gifted programs in Montgomery County, Maryland, the achievement gap is at [...]

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Jim Crow Returns to Omaha!

April 14, 2006

Tuesday, April 20: If you like/hate this post, you might like/hate a recent post on minority students’ test scores even more. Monday, April 17: For someone who says she’s tired of ranting, I still do a lot of it, don’t I? I, of all people, know better than to rely on a single news story, [...]

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Welcome to the Jungle

March 14, 2006

Update (3/15): Kerry Gilliard, a teacher in a Prince George’s County school, responds to a post about the county’s academic failures: The parents – the bulk of them – have lazy kids. My kids are walking around with 800 accessories to go along with their brand new PSPs, iPod nanos, shuffles, and minis, ridiculously expensive [...]

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