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  • HornOnTheBayou
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13 hours ago, Anastasis said:

LOL at academic administrative bloat under the microscope at Florida. Sasse just resigned ostensibly as a result of his wife’s neurological post stroke seizure situation. 

Ahh yes, someone who is not in academics whining about administrative bloat, something they know nothing about but just assume because that’s what all radical republicans do with topics they know nothing about,

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Another reason I'm happy with the Walz VP pick, he'll likely make education his priority as VP. 

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13 hours ago, Anastasis said:

LOL at academic administrative bloat under the microscope at Florida. Sasse just resigned ostensibly as a result of his wife’s neurological post stroke seizure situation. 

 

26 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Ahh yes, someone who is not in academics whining about administrative bloat, something they know nothing about but just assume because that’s what all radical republicans do with topics they know nothing about,

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Not only that, someone who is part of the health "insurance" industry complaining about administrative bloat lol. 

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3 hours ago, Pancho said:

Ahh yes, someone who is not in academics whining about administrative bloat, something they know nothing about but just assume because that’s what all radical republicans do with topics they know nothing about,

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Uh, you posted a link to an article about out of control spending on McKinsey consultants and crony appointments at UF. In that context your reaction here appears to just be a trigger response to the term "administrative bloat". But TIL that that McKinsey has built out a whole line of business around higher ed consulting, which I guess should not be surprising. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/education/how-we-help-clients/higher-education

 

 

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Light the son of a bitch on fire.

 

Really had no opinion of vouchers but considering billionaires are buying off politicians for it- must be awful.

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44 minutes ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Really had no opinion of vouchers but considering billionaires are buying off politicians for it- must be awful.

And those billionaires are doing it either to A) steer public education money into their private companies (aka "fuck you pay me") or B) for religious reasons.

Both of those things are extremely bad.

CyFair ISD offering Bible electives starting next year: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/concerns-raised-busing-bible-focused-electives-19628825.php

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One community member, Mary Ann Jackson, who identified herself as a Christian Protestant, said that the textbook in question was not, in her opinion, the best one out there, after reviewing it during public viewing last week, and that it might be outdated by the time of the course

Can a Bible textbook be outdated in a year? I suppose it doesn't mention the glorious return of the Bible loving Donald Trump to lead us to salvation. 

3 hours ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

I love the poorly educated!!

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I don’t know about all of these rankings but US News uses students’ AP scores in grading a state’s and even individual school’s rankings. Not by student name of course. It’s a large part of the ranking by determining college readiness  

the Oklahoma state board of education told US News to f-off when US News asked twice for permission to have the scores sent to them. The ranking ultimately gave Oklahoma a 0 for 30% of the scoring. Oklahoma really showed them US News commies.

normally states and school district like to do whatever is possible to pump up their rankings. OK took a unique approach.

19 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don’t know about all of these rankings but US News uses students’ AP scores in grading a state’s and even individual school’s rankings. Not by student name of course. It’s a large part of the ranking by determining college readiness  

the Oklahoma state board of education told US News to f-off when US News asked twice for permission to have the scores sent to them. The ranking ultimately gave Oklahoma a 0 for 30% of the scoring. Oklahoma really showed them US News commies.

normally states and school district like to do whatever is possible to pump up their rankings. OK took a unique approach.

Retarded approach and Oklahoma is full of retards 

20 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don’t know about all of these rankings but US News uses students’ AP scores in grading a state’s and even individual school’s rankings. Not by student name of course. It’s a large part of the ranking by determining college readiness  

the Oklahoma state board of education told US News to f-off when US News asked twice for permission to have the scores sent to them. The ranking ultimately gave Oklahoma a 0 for 30% of the scoring. Oklahoma really showed them US News commies.

normally states and school district like to do whatever is possible to pump up their rankings. OK took a unique approach.

Do you have a link for that? Not that I doubt Oklahoma told US News to fuck off, but AP scores by state are not hard to come by. Every AP teacher gets a breakdown of how their students did on every part of the test and compares it to the state and global average.

I know, because I teach AP classes in a school with a large percentage of first and second-generation immigrants. And we always outscore the Texas average and almost always outscore the global average. And I don't say that to brag. I say that to give a nice "Fuck you" to anyone who talks bad about my students and calls their home countries "shitholes".

2 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Do you have a link for that? Not that I doubt Oklahoma told US News to fuck off, but AP scores by state are not hard to come by. Every AP teacher gets a breakdown of how their students did on every part of the test and compares it to the state and global average.

I know, because I teach AP classes in a school with a large percentage of first and second-generation immigrants. And we always outscore the Texas average and almost always outscore the global average. And I don't say that to brag. I say that to give a nice "Fuck you" to anyone who talks bad about my students and calls their home countries "shitholes".

https://kfor.com/news/local/u-s-news-osde-denied-access-to-data-skewing-oklahoma-school-rankings/

6 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

And those billionaires are doing it either to A) steer public education money into their private companies (aka "fuck you pay me") or B) for religious reasons.

Both of those things are extremely bad.

This is a nationwide issue. New Yorkers are just as bad here about handing money to private companies through the charter school clown show of a system. Ruining a child’s education just to get a new revenue stream is so on brand for the US as a whole.

15 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Kirk Cameron out there pushing MAGA/Qanon bullshit

 

Crack Cameron? Guy looks terrible. Not trying to offend any gay people, but he seems totally gay and in the closet and it is becoming more obvious the older he gets. I used to think he was so cool watching Growing Pains, then he completely changed and turned into a religious asshole. Kirk and Candace Cameron should take their MAGA asses back to the Hallmark channel. 

28 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Kirk Cameron out there pushing MAGA/Qanon bullshit

 


fuck that douche bag. Karma is going to catch up to him

 

^^^^^^^ This is exactly what’s going to happen in Texas with the decent private schools - it’s just going to give them a lot more money.  They aren’t interested in educating poor kids.

11 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

CyFair ISD offering Bible electives starting next year: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/concerns-raised-busing-bible-focused-electives-19628825.php

Can a Bible textbook be outdated in a year? I suppose it doesn't mention the glorious return of the Bible loving Donald Trump to lead us to salvation. 

I’d argue the Bible has been outdated for about, oh, a couple thousand years 

19 minutes ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

 

 

He should go angle of making sure the Bible is placed in the fiction section of library. 
This way whatever stories are told are no different than “Grimm’s fairy tales” 

44 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

He should go angle of making sure the Bible is placed in the fiction section of library. 
This way whatever stories are told are no different than “Grimm’s fairy tales” 

That Oklahoma dept of ed said the bible is a significant historical document lol.

On 8/14/2024 at 1:22 AM, atomheartbevo said:

They aren’t interested in educating poor kids.

Unless they run sub 4.4 or have 48”+ vertical leaps. 

1 hour ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

 

 

You know there was at least one state rep in that room flabbergasted on the statement that teaching the Bible could be construed as indoctrination.

But but how can it be indoctrination when it’s the Truth?

He put up a YouTube video for those of you who want to see a bit more, and/or pass this around to people you know.

 

There’s no direction on how Christianity should be taught. There’s currently nothing to stop a teacher from tearing down that bullshit in front of the class.

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

There’s no direction on how Christianity should be taught. There’s currently nothing to stop a teacher from tearing down that bullshit in front of the class.

Other than the fact they'll be fired immediately. 

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

There’s no direction on how Christianity should be taught. There’s currently nothing to stop a teacher from tearing down that bullshit in front of the class.

 

11 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Other than the fact they'll be fired immediately. 

Exactly. Tell a student that the Bible isn't fact, and start looking for a job by the end of the day for indoctrinating students against Jesus.

4 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

He put up a YouTube video for those of you who want to see a bit more, and/or pass this around to people you know.

 

You see the guy on the very right who leaves, then reappears and starts talking to the guy next to him and is playing with his phone while Talarico is talking? That’s Democrat House Rep. Oscar Longoria from the RGV. He was a co-author (and the only Democrat) to sponsor HB 900 - the book banning bill. He is also one of the Democrats on the Public Education Committee who votes with Republicans a lot of the time. He did not vote for school vouchers last session, but he does take money from pro-voucher groups. I would not be surprised if he is one of the swing votes the Republicans need to get a new school voucher bill passed. 

So HISD wasn't able to use the onsite defibrillator after a child had a seizure and the child passed.   The defib. was not maintained.   While this might be a stretch, remembed Miles fired the custodial staff this summer. 

I posted this in the DT thread as well.

4 hours ago, Nivek said:

So HISD wasn't able to use the onsite defibrillator after a child had a seizure and the child passed.   The defib. was not maintained.   While this might be a stretch, remembed Miles fired the custodial staff this summer. 

I posted this in the DT thread as well.


fuck me, that poor kid 

16 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


fuck me, that poor kid 

There are serious real world consequences for putting outsiders and disruptors in charge of organizations that require serious people who are willing to do the boring work.   The shaking up of HISD has had detrimental consequences for many families and put a significant burden on people while chasing some fantasy of test scores.   

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

There are serious real world consequences for putting outsiders and disruptors in charge of organizations that require serious people who are willing to do the boring work.   The shaking up of HISD has had detrimental consequences for many families and put a significant burden on people while chasing some fantasy of test scores.   

 

 

 


How the fuck didn’t they know cpr ???

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


How the fuck didn’t they know cpr ???

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I believe that HISD has had to resort to hiring some uncertified personnel to fill the gaps. 

I believe that HISD has had to resort to hiring some uncertified personnel to fill the gaps. 
They may have to share a nurse. I know some campuses do not have full-time nurses.

Apparently, there are two other ISDs in the region that lost some special needs kids by placing them on random busses.   Republicanism in action yet again. 

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18 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Apparently, there are two other ISDs in the region that lost some special needs kids by placing them on random busses.   Republicanism in action yet again. 

Have they checked Martha's Vineyard?

Ryan Walters decided to go against an Oklahoma law by refusing release millions of dollars given to school districts to bolster school security. Then proceeded to hide it by changing the language of the law on the state website.

no surprise that cover ups never go well. Today the OK AG issued a demand telling Walters to release the money and that he hopes that no child was hurt due to his negligence.

Walters also held a presser wherein he told the OK lege to bring it on with impeachment. Bold move cotten… that just might pay off given OK is somehow even more of a shit show than Tx in most govt ways. 

44 minutes ago, bluto said:

Walters also held a presser wherein he told the OK lege to bring it on with impeachment. Bold move cotten… that just might pay off given OK is somehow even more of a shit show than Tx in most govt ways. 

Unpossible.

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Ryan Walters decided to go against an Oklahoma law by refusing release millions of dollars given to school districts to bolster school security. Then proceeded to hide it by changing the language of the law on the state website.

no surprise that cover ups never go well. Today the OK AG issued a demand telling Walters to release the money and that he hopes that no child was hurt due to his negligence.

Yet more evidence they were never interested in promoting school safety or "hardening" schools.     

19 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Yet more evidence they were never interested in promoting school safety or "hardening" schools.     

Well the root problem is mental health, so I'm sure we will be completely funding mental health programs any minute now.

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