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I have come across numerous references in recent months, to the effect that poor and nonwhite students are highly disadvantaged by the inexperience of most of the teachers in their schools.

Teachers who have short careers in the field are often those who aren’t cut out for this work in the first place. But, however it happens, such persons wind up being concentrated in schools poor and nonwhite students attend.

We need to find a way to fix this.

Originally posted 2016-06-11.

Facts I don’t like

July 29, 2023OUR BEST POSTS, ScienceAffirmative action, Black male teacher shortage, Blackness, DEI, Desegregation, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran orthodoxy, Political correctness, Public schools, Racism, Schools, Willful defianceWilliam Tell

The black male teacher shortage:
If there is no solution, is there, in fact, a problem?

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CRT madness

July 3, 2021Homelessness, MediaChristopher Rufo, Critical race theory, CRT, Kate Slater, MSM, Public schools, Racism, Schools, Stokely Carmichael, Systemic racism, Tatiana IbrahimWilliam Tell

Neither side knows what it’s talking about.

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There’s no closing the achievement gap.

May 15, 2021ScienceAchievement gap, Algebra, Education reform, Mathematics currirulum, Mathematics instruction, Public schools, Racism, School reform, SchoolsWilliam Tell

I was woefully unprepared for college …

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Is “grit” racist?

February 11, 2021National media, National news, Thursday postsAngela Duckworth, Autonomy, Education Week, Free Speech Handbook, Joan Walsh, Lacey Spears, Public schools, Race, Salon.com, self-esteem, Treatment-resistant, WisdomWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Is “grit” racist? • Left-wing hate speech • Lacey Spears On Trial After Allegedly Poisoning Her Son With Sodium
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She actually said that?

December 31, 2020National media, National news, Poverty, Thursday posts, World NewsAlex Malarkey, Celebrities, Child abuse, Domestic violence, Hermaphrodites, Marriage, N.D.E., Names, Public schools, ThailandWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
She actually said that? • “Third gender” in Thailand • Recent child abuse cases • Majority of public school children are now poor • The boy who didn’t come back from heaven • Judge Vetoes Parents’ Baby Name

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Doubts about Brown v. Board

November 26, 2020Clippings, National news, Poverty, Thursday postsBriggs v. Elliott, Brown v. Board, Charles Lane, NAACP, Public schools, Race, Richard Rothstein, Supreme Court, The Homeless Blogger, Thurgood Marshall, Valerie StraussWilliam Tell

In the January 13, 2015 Washington Post, Valerie Strauss calls attention to an obscure Supreme Court case that she says may have a greater impact on the educational achievement of black children than any other case since the 1954 Brown v. Board decision.

She republishes a lengthy analysis of the situation by Richard Rothstein. She often republishes Richard Rothstein’s articles. As usual, Rothstein has assembled a mountain of data in support of his position; however, unfortunately, a mountain of data matters little if one’s premises are wrong.

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Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Magical’ Amulet With Odd Two-Way Inscription

November 19, 2020Bible, Homelessness, National news, Science, Thursday postsAndrae Crouch, Christianity, Genetics, Marriage, Mental illness, Old Testament, Public schools, Schools, Syncretism, Vanita SundaramWilliam Tell

Bookmarks:
Amulet • R.I.P. Andre Crouch • Schools should teach against date rape? • Individualization in the classroom • The One Universal Secret To A Lasting Marriage • When a loved one has mental illness • A genetic predictor of breast cancer

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“School’s Nation of Islam handout paints Founding Fathers as racists”

June 4, 2020National media, National news, Thursday postsJon Stewart, Public schools, Race, Todd StarnesWilliam Tell

I have no background with Todd Starnes. I am aware of his October 27 column, “School’s Nation of Islam handout paints Founding Fathers as racists,” only because Yahoo! News captured it. He plays fast and loose with the facts, which does not reflect well on him or Fox News & Commentary.

(Disclaimer: In a follow-up column October 28, Starnes reports information from a second parent that confirms some of his suspicions and contradicts statements of the superintendent and the teacher. For other reasons, I have chosen to write this based on the facts as they were known on October 27.)

Sommer Bauer’s third grade son came home from school with a paper that bore an impressive image of Mount Rushmore. The captions made unflattering remarks about the Presidents shown. The source was a Nation of Islam web page.

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o Reducing our carbon footprint – by design

April 9, 2020ScienceAir conditioning, Architecture, CO2 emissions, Global warming, Green roofs, Greenhouse gases, HVAC, Public schools, Schools, The Homeless BloggerWilliam Tell

I don’t hold with those who want to blame global warming wholly on American industry and American cars. The slashing-burning of hundreds of square miles of Amazon rain forest each day, and the air pollution in Mexico City and Beijing, show the need for a global response.

There are two principal ways human beings can reduce greenhouse gases: (1) covering more land with green plants that will consume carbon dioxide from the air; and (2) reducing our carbon dioxide emissions.

Some simple considerations of architecture address both concerns.

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