School Choice II
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acesfull86
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https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/walz-education-appointee-calls-for-the-overthrow-of-the-u-s/
Brian Lozenski, an associate professor of urban and multicultural education at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn., was appointed by Governor Tim Walz’s state education department to help write the statewide “implementation framework” (similar to a curriculum) for Minnesota’s new “ethnic studies” standards. It now emerges that Lozenski has called for the “overthrow” of the United States.
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“And we’re also sometimes lying on ourselves when people say like, “Oh, we can . . . we use critical race theory in school.” We don’t use critical race theory in school. The first tenet of critical race theory is that the United States as constructed is irreversibly racist. So if the nation-state as constructed is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with, it must be overthrown, right. And so we can’t be like, “Oh no, critical race theory is just about telling our stories and divers[ity].” It’s not about that. It’s about overthrow. It’s insurgent. And we, we need to be, I think, more honest with that. And it’s funny that they [so-called supremacists], you know, they don’t understand critical race theory, but they actually tell some truth when they’re like, yeah, it is anti-state. You can’t be a critical race theorist and be pro-U.S. Okay, it is an anti-state theory that says, The United States needs to be deconstructed, period. Right. Like that’s, you know, and so I think, I think it’s an interesting argument there. And that’s why I’m a critical race theorist [laughs].”
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While I appreciate his honesty, Minnesota parents need to demand universal school choice and opt out of this nonsense.
Brian Lozenski, an associate professor of urban and multicultural education at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn., was appointed by Governor Tim Walz’s state education department to help write the statewide “implementation framework” (similar to a curriculum) for Minnesota’s new “ethnic studies” standards. It now emerges that Lozenski has called for the “overthrow” of the United States.
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“And we’re also sometimes lying on ourselves when people say like, “Oh, we can . . . we use critical race theory in school.” We don’t use critical race theory in school. The first tenet of critical race theory is that the United States as constructed is irreversibly racist. So if the nation-state as constructed is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with, it must be overthrown, right. And so we can’t be like, “Oh no, critical race theory is just about telling our stories and divers[ity].” It’s not about that. It’s about overthrow. It’s insurgent. And we, we need to be, I think, more honest with that. And it’s funny that they [so-called supremacists], you know, they don’t understand critical race theory, but they actually tell some truth when they’re like, yeah, it is anti-state. You can’t be a critical race theorist and be pro-U.S. Okay, it is an anti-state theory that says, The United States needs to be deconstructed, period. Right. Like that’s, you know, and so I think, I think it’s an interesting argument there. And that’s why I’m a critical race theorist [laughs].”
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While I appreciate his honesty, Minnesota parents need to demand universal school choice and opt out of this nonsense.
acesfull86
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Self-evident
nsacpi
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it is a thang to behold...the persnickety nitpicking when one candidate is doing and saying bat**** crazy stuff (like yaknow demonizing dark-skinned immigrants over an imaginary meal of cats and dogs)...i guess we should be grateful for the evenhandedness evident in the occasional broadsides against tariffs
acesfull86
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“Sure you’ve posted daily for years about how you dislike and would never vote for a particular candidate, but you’re disliking him wrongly!”
A thing (thang?) to behold indeed.
A thing (thang?) to behold indeed.
acesfull86
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Re-read and take a stab?
57Brave
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acesfull86
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What charlatan did I give power over me?
acesfull86
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You act as though I haven't argued my case for school choice across two separate threads totaling a few dozen pages.
I retract my last question about what charlatan I gave power over me. The answer is you simply saw a meme you liked and decided you had to post it somewhere, even when it didn't apply.
My new question is why are you asking why? I can't imagine what you're looking to get out of this exchange that you haven't gotten on this issue time, and time, and time again.
Maybe one day Heather Richardson Cox will make an anti-school choice argument and you can share it here.
Tapate50
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Allow a far more eloquent man than I ...
tried giving you the opportunity
oh, well
Hey Google what’s the definition of Irony
acesfull86
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https://reason.com/2024/10/10/when-cities-embrace-charter-schools-achievement-gaps-shrink/
Cities with high charter school enrollment have consistently improved achievement for low-income students, a new report from center-left think tank the Progressive Policy Institute found. Contrary to choice-skeptical talking points, charter schools breed innovation and push local public schools to improve as well, according to the report.
"The data analyzed in this study are conclusive: All 10 U.S. cities with 33% or higher enrollment in public charter and charter-like schools…uniformly narrowed gaps in academic outcomes between low-income students and all students statewide over the past decade," the report, published this month, reads. "The data further suggest that this gapclosure effect increases as local charter enrollment share increases."
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The report found that for every city studied—including cities like Camden, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.—the achievement gap between low-income city students and the average state performance shrank between the 2010-2011 school year and the 2022-2023 school year. For Camden, a city once-regarded as having some of the worst schools in the country, their achievement gap closed by 21.2 points—a 42 percent reduction.
Notably, it wasn't only charter school students that benefited.
"Over the last decade, cities that have aggressively expanded high-quality public school choices available to students have seen a true rising tide: Low-income students across these cities—whether they attend a public charter or district-operated school—have started to catch up to statewide student performance levels," the report reads.
Cities with high charter school enrollment have consistently improved achievement for low-income students, a new report from center-left think tank the Progressive Policy Institute found. Contrary to choice-skeptical talking points, charter schools breed innovation and push local public schools to improve as well, according to the report.
"The data analyzed in this study are conclusive: All 10 U.S. cities with 33% or higher enrollment in public charter and charter-like schools…uniformly narrowed gaps in academic outcomes between low-income students and all students statewide over the past decade," the report, published this month, reads. "The data further suggest that this gapclosure effect increases as local charter enrollment share increases."
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The report found that for every city studied—including cities like Camden, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.—the achievement gap between low-income city students and the average state performance shrank between the 2010-2011 school year and the 2022-2023 school year. For Camden, a city once-regarded as having some of the worst schools in the country, their achievement gap closed by 21.2 points—a 42 percent reduction.
Notably, it wasn't only charter school students that benefited.
"Over the last decade, cities that have aggressively expanded high-quality public school choices available to students have seen a true rising tide: Low-income students across these cities—whether they attend a public charter or district-operated school—have started to catch up to statewide student performance levels," the report reads.
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57Brave
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Hal Sparks
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Trump keeps saying America ranks 40th in the world in education.
FTR: We’re 12th. If not for Red States, we’d be 3rd.
We also have 7 of the top 10 Universities and 13 of the top 20.
Which is why republicans are against higher education.
They know you’ll find out just how full of **** they are..
@HalSparks
Trump keeps saying America ranks 40th in the world in education.
FTR: We’re 12th. If not for Red States, we’d be 3rd.
We also have 7 of the top 10 Universities and 13 of the top 20.
Which is why republicans are against higher education.
They know you’ll find out just how full of **** they are..
cajunrevenge
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What states do they have as blue and red considering some go both ways and some have recently changed to solidly for one side. Like Virginia which is now a safe blue state that was 20 years ago a solid red state.