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| First Common Core High School Grads Worst-Prepared For College In 15 Years |
| 2019-11-01 |
| For the third time in a row since Common Core was fully phased in nationwide, U.S. student test scores on the nation’s broadest and most respected test have dropped, a reversal of an upward trend between 1990 and 2015. Further, the class of 2019, the first to experience all four high school years under Common Core, is the worst-prepared for college in 15 years, according to a new report. "Students in the U.S. made significant progress in math and reading achievement on NAEP from 1990 until 2015, when the first major dip in achievement scores occurred," reported U.S. News and World Report. Perhaps not coincidentally, 2015 is the year states were required by the Obama administration to have fully phased in Common Core. |
| Posted by:Pancho Flerens6518 |
#23 Was the bridge you're driving on designed by an Empathetic Engineer? A rather pathetic article I saw recently was about how horrible "RTFM" -- "Read The Fine Manual" -- is, and how we should stop saying it in favor of mentoring and sharing knowledge. *sigh* RTFM is mentoring and sharing knowledge. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2019-11-01 19:42 |
| #22 A product of the liberal approved pattern of education. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-01 19:00 |
| #21 Shitshow, the Academy |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-01 18:33 |
| #20 In October, Seattle public schools unveiled a “framework” to inject “math ethnic studies” into all K-12 math classes, teaching “how math has been and continues to be used to oppress and marginalize people and communities of color.” Students will be asked to “identify the inherent inequities of the standardized testing system used to oppress and marginalize people and communities of color” and “explain how math dictates economic oppression.” |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-01 18:32 |
| #19 #17 - all of the above (except two of the Assistants - who have their Engineer-In-Training Cert) are CA Registered Professional Engineers. Common Core ain't gonna cut it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-11-01 18:16 |
| #18 So, it's working as designed. Expect more of the same. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2019-11-01 18:07 |
| #17 LOL - my old bridge construction administration crew included my heir apparent (male/hispanic), 2 other supervisors (2 white), 3 assistants (2 Filipino/White males) and a female (hispanic). We were considered the crew people were afraid to apply to: 1) work/expectations too hard, 2) work/expectations too hard. Nothing about "Frank's a racist/sexist/patriarchal asshole"...although I can be an asshole when it suits my purpose |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-11-01 17:54 |
| #16 "This bridge is untainted by white supremacy and patriarchal mythology. Mind the rubble!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-11-01 17:46 |
| #15 Was your free-range chicken happy before it was killed? Was the bridge you're driving on designed by an Empathetic Engineer? As of Dec. 2018, the Obama-appointed National Science Foundation (NSF) Director had spent over $62m in his four year tenure so far on studies of "intersectionality and STEM." A particularly choice study: "Forming the Empathetic Engineer." Many more here. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-01 17:33 |
| #14 Major universities are already passing out "legacy" students and SJW's who can't count up to twenty unless they are wearing open toe sandals. |
| Posted by: Clyde Dribble8052 2019-11-01 17:18 |
| #13 😊 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-11-01 16:39 |
| #12 LOL -- that's about right. |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-11-01 16:15 |
| #11 Now, that doesn't sound good. How about "This bridge is untainted by white supremacy and patriarchal mythology"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-11-01 16:09 |
| #10 I just want a sign on every bridge that says "Caution: This bridge was designed by someone using feelings instead of math." |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-11-01 15:55 |
| #9 You're channeling white supremacy, Matt. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-11-01 15:18 |
| #8 Well, that could be a problem when you get to icky stuff like structural steel design calculations. "I feelz this building will keep standing." |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-11-01 15:15 |
| #7 It's OK, the colleges can just dumb down too. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-11-01 14:44 |
| #6 True, repetition is the mother of learning. Rote learning of simpler concepts in early years is essential to grasp advanced lessons later that a teacher can build on. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-01 12:40 |
| #5 In math, CC apparently teaches children inefficient algorithms in order to make them actually understand the nature of decimal numbers. It's a laudable goal. But in practice it boils down to substituting rote memorization of efficient algorithms with rote memorization of inefficient algorithms. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-11-01 12:32 |
| #4 Actually there's method to the Soelling Bee madness, and it makes more sense than all the stupid educational fads that American "educationists" have imposed on public schoolchildren for generations, with ruinous results. It's called repetition. You cannot master any sort of abstract reasoning, be it a syntax or grammar, arithmetic or higher math, historical knowledge or understanding of anatomy and physiology -- no abstract subject can be mastered without repetition, recitation, and memorization. Russian: Повторение - мать учения. (Povtoreniye - mat' ucheniya.) "Repetition is the Mother of Learning" |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-01 12:23 |
| #3 While most of my countrymen feel rather proud, I am really bewildered when an Indian kid wins the Spelling Bee or some such thingy. It's pathetic. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-01 11:16 |
| #2 We're ruled by smart-ish people who understand morons are easier to control. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-11-01 11:09 |
| #1 Criminal incompetence. Educational malpractice. Shame on Bill Gates and the other idiots who foisted this madness on us. We are ruled by morons. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-01 10:39 |