Education thread

[O Really]

Part of the issue may be that apparently not everywhere was included. Couldn't find UNC in any list good, bad, even "best campus." But they're still on US News and World Report top university list, at #29 - a drop from several years ago, but still.

[Vrede too]

"Most Liberal" and "best" are often quite different, but both lists are certainly subjective....

Now I know there's something wrong with their criteria.

SEC refs involved.

Yeah, but he's got a point.
https://www.niche.com/about/methodology ... -colleges/
"The Most Conservative Colleges ranking is based on student reviews of the political leanings of the campus community."

School quality lists can include objective factors like selectivity, faculty-student ratio, test scores, Rhodes scholars, graduation rates, etc. However, "Most Liberal" and "Most Conservative" were bound to be subjective no matter who the judges are.

[billy.pilgrim]

Same source - most conservative.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/m ... -colleges/

Auburn is #30, ahead of #42 Hillsdale.

Don't give those people any more money, billy.p.

Now I know there's something wrong with their criteria.

SEC refs involved.

Yeah, but he's got a point.
https://www.niche.com/about/methodology ... -colleges/
"The Most Conservative Colleges ranking is based on student reviews of the political leanings of the campus community."

Which is why Hillsdale (they probably have a class on lying to the media, ranked as less conservative. Hell, their reason for existence is to be the most conservative in everything.

[Vrede too]

Which is why Hillsdale (they probably have a class on lying to the media, ranked as less conservative. Hell, their reason for existence is to be the most conservative in everything.

If your 2nd sentence is true, which I think it is, why would the students lie to the media about it? I think it's more likely that the home schooled/xtian madrassa student body is clueless about how extreme they are.

[neoplacebo]

I agree. They actually don't know they're dumbasses.

[billy.pilgrim]

Which is why Hillsdale (they probably have a class on lying to the media, ranked as less conservative. Hell, their reason for existence is to be the most conservative in everything.

If your 2nd sentence is true, which I think it is, why would the students lie to the media about it? I think it's more likely that the home schooled/xtian madrassa student body is clueless about how extreme they are.

It's just my opinion that they teach a lot like fox operates - talking points are teaching points and with all the snowflakeyness cancel culture from the right I see manipulating the media as a major High Five among the good little future republicans.

[Vrede too]

It's just my opinion that they teach a lot like fox operates - talking points are teaching points and with all the snowflakeyness cancel culture from the right I see manipulating the media as a major High Five among the good little future republicans.

Agreed. Christofascist Hillsdale is in the business of indoctrination and lying. I just don't see them hiding their conservatism. It's the niche they mine for influence and fat cat donations.

Top court stops North Carolina school's skirt dress code for girls

The US Supreme Court has left in place a lower court decision ruling that a North Carolina school cannot require its female students to wear skirts.

A US federal court found last year that the school had violated the constitutional rights of its female pupils with its uniform rules.

The Charter Day school, in the city of Leland, appealed against the ruling all the way to the country's top court.

Leland is on the SE coast, hundreds of miles from me. It's 80% White and Brunswick County is 62% RepuQ.

The justices declined without comment to hear the appeal.

The school's dress code has already been changed to allow girls to wear trousers.

According to court documents, Baker Mitchell, the school's founder, had argued the skirts were intended to maintain "chivalry", describing the word as "a code of conduct where women are regarded as a fragile vessel that men are supposed to take care of and honour".

He added that the policy would ensure female students were treated "courteously and more gently than boys".

But a group of parents challenged the policy, saying it put their daughters at a disadvantage compared to their male counterparts.

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, finding in June 2022 that the dress code violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which prevents arbitrarily discriminatory laws from being enacted.

Writing the majority opinion, Senior Circuit Judge Barbara Milano Keenan said Charter Day's dress code could perpetuate "stereotypes with potentially devastating consequences for young girls".

Funded by taxpayers but independently managed, charter schools make up a small fraction of the US school system.

If you want misogynist policy create a private school, slackers. Don't leech off the taxpayers.

[Vrede too]

Part of the issue may be that apparently not everywhere was included. Couldn't find UNC in any list good, bad, even "best campus." But they're still on US News and World Report top university list, at #29 - a drop from several years ago, but still.

Another boost to UNC's rating, IMO:

UNC to offer free tuition to some students following Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will offer free tuition to some in-state students after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions, the school announced Friday.

In-state students whose families make less than $80,000 per year will receive free tuition starting with the 2024 incoming class; the average price of tuition at UNC is about $9,000 per year for in-state students.

“We want to make sure students know financial constraints should not stand in the way of their dreams,” Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a statement to students....

“Our responsibility to comply with the law does not mean we will abandon our fundamental values as a university,” he added. “We are and will remain passionately public, and we will ensure that every student who earns admission to Carolina can come here and thrive,” Guskiewicz said.

That was fast. UNC must have anticipated the ruling and planned for its reaction.

... The rulings were harshly criticized by the academic community and advocates for the Black community; the Congressional Black Caucus called the rulings a “backlash to progress.”

“By delivering a decision on affirmative action so radical as to deny young people seeking an education equal opportunity in our education system, the Supreme Court has thrown into question its own legitimacy,” the group’s statement reads.

[O Really]

Yes, affirmative action was always and is more of a crude tool than a precision instrument, but opponents have offered nothing as a workable replacement. Thus we can only conclude that they either don't care that minority groups get a fair chance or actively want to prevent that. I'll take "actively want to prevent" for $500, Alex.

I think most of the opponents of AA refuse to acknowledge that for a school like UNC that has a 20% selection rate (and even more so for Stanford), that everybody who applies has high SATs, good grades, extracurriculars, yada. So if a white guy/asian guy/hispanic guy gets rejected it isn't necessarily that their spot went to affirmative action Garontee that if all they did was run a lottery of all qualified applicants they'd never have noticeable diversity.

[Vrede too]

Yes, affirmative action was always and is more of a crude tool than a precision instrument, but opponents have offered nothing as a workable replacement. Thus we can only conclude that they either don't care that minority groups get a fair chance or actively want to prevent that. I'll take "actively want to prevent" for $500, Alex.

I think most of the opponents of AA refuse to acknowledge that for a school like UNC that has a 20% selection rate (and even more so for Stanford), that everybody who applies has high SATs, good grades, extracurriculars, yada. So if a white guy/asian guy/hispanic guy gets rejected it isn't necessarily that their spot went to affirmative action Garontee that if all they did was run a lottery of all qualified applicants they'd never have noticeable diversity.

For the moment White supremacists and other RWers seem to be winning.

A (Bucks County, PA) Mom Reported A Man For Bringing A Gun To A School Board Meeting — So They Reported Her To The Gunman

https://www.tiktok.com/@cbsdschoolboard ... 3732695338

Moms for Liberty gets prominent mention in the article as an instigator of RW threats and violence.
Fascist DerSantis gets secondary mention as a leader in the destruction of our schools.



A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit



Forsyth County, Georgia is solidly GQP, of course.

Awful, but it reminds me of this from 25 years ago:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4SuoftTWVM

In Florida, More Than 300 Books Have Been Removed From School Shelves
The Sunshine State has been at the center of the conservative culture wars.

... The vast majority of books are concentrated in Clay County, in the northeastern part of the state, where 177 titles were removed. There, infamous right-wing activist Bruce Freidman has led the charge in getting books pulled from the shelves.

Behind Clay was Martin County, in southeastern Florida, which had 98 books removed.

Try harder, billy.pilgrim.

... Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis ― who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination on a platform to “Make America Florida” ― signed into law HB 1069, a measure that restricts sexual and health education in the classroom and expands book ban policies even further. The law is in effect for this school year.

Gillette, where I lived briefly in the 1980s:

A Wyoming Public Library Board Fired Its Head Librarian After She Refused To Remove Books
Terri Lesley’s firing is a harbinger of what could come next, as versions of her story are replicated around the country.

Hero. She served the community and kids for 27 years.

(RW) Alabama Public Library Service Votes To Create A List Of Books To Potentially Ban
The list will be curated by the public, and individual local libraries will then decide whether or not to remove the books.

Sigh. AL, FL, GA, PA, WY and many more = a modern Axis of Evil.

[billy.pilgrim]

Did y'all know that Mattie Gaetz plans to run for governor?
He says he's going to.

[Vrede too]

Did y'all know that Mattie Gaetz plans to run for governor?
He says he's going to.

America is hoping that FL voters have decided that the experiment with White supremacist fascism is a mistake.

[billy.pilgrim]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9 ... dium=email

"Republican Mississippi State Auditor Shad (named for the fish) White speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., July 29, 2021. Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs “indoctrination factories,”'


Shad, whose mother knew what she was doing when she named him for a trash fish, "said there should be no taxpayer funding for “useless degrees" in “garbage fields” like Urban Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, German Literature, African American Studies, Gender Studies and Women's Studies. Claiming some academic programs are hotbeds of political radicalization"

[Vrede too]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9 ... e-defunded

"Republican Mississippi State Auditor Shad (named for the fish) White speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., July 29, 2021. Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs “indoctrination factories,”'

Shad, whose mother knew what she was doing when she named him for a trash fish, "said there should be no taxpayer funding for “useless degrees" in “garbage fields” like Urban Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, German Literature, African American Studies, Gender Studies and Women's Studies. Claiming some academic programs are hotbeds of political radicalization"

The other White meathead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_White
University of Mississippi
President of the Harvard chapter of the Federalist Society
Director of a conservative think tank
Reliable GQP foot soldier
Director of a RW legal org
Charter schools defender
Figures, but there are a few positives, too, including:
Public school art teacher Mom
Rhodes Scholar
Investigated the largest public fraud scheme in state history, including Brett Favre



viewtopic.php?p=189321#p189321

Remember, O Really wanted to be the teen "molested" by his hot teacher.

True dat. Along with most everybody else in her class - all the males and some females.

Same

Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site

Wow, it truly is the 'Show Me State'.

... She taught English to freshmen and sophomores and made about $42,000 last year, according to the newspaper's public pay database. She said she’s earned an additional $8,000 to $10,000 per month performing on OnlyFans.

... Coppage said her account has gained about 100 new subscribers since word began to surface. She has more than doubled her subscription price and plans to continue posting on the site....

Hmmm, $42,000 per year vs $96,000 to $120,000 per year

[billy.pilgrim]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9 ... e-defunded

"Republican Mississippi State Auditor Shad (named for the fish) White speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., July 29, 2021. Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs “indoctrination factories,”'

Shad, whose mother knew what she was doing when she named him for a trash fish, "said there should be no taxpayer funding for “useless degrees" in “garbage fields” like Urban Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, German Literature, African American Studies, Gender Studies and Women's Studies. Claiming some academic programs are hotbeds of political radicalization"

The other White meathead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_White
University of Mississippi
President of the Harvard chapter of the Federalist Society
Director of a conservative think tank
Reliable GQP foot soldier
Director of a RW legal org
Charter schools defender
Figures, but there are a few positives, too, including:
Public school art teacher Mom
Rhodes Scholar
Investigated the largest public fraud scheme in state history, including Brett Favre



viewtopic.php?p=189321#p189321

Small wonder that even his Mom saw him as a fish.

[Vrede too]

The other White meathead.

Small wonder that even his Mom saw him as a fish.

[billy.pilgrim]

The other White meathead.

Small wonder that even his Mom saw him as a fish.

Didn't some Native Americans drop a shad under the corn kernels as fertilizer?

[billy.pilgrim]

"Fans of ‘The Simpsons’ will appreciate cromulent (a synonym of acceptable or satisfactory) invented by that show to describe embiggen, another Simpsons-ism that already appears in the Merriam-Webster.com dictionary.”'

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4 ... ictionary/

"Other notable new terms include:


rizz, a slang term meaning “romantic appeal or charm”
padawan, a word borrowed from the “Star Wars” universe to describe a younger, inexperienced person
simp, a verb meaning “excessive devotion to or longing for someone or something”
bussin’, an slang adjective meaning “extremely good”
mid, another slang adjective meaning mediocre
nerf, a verb often used by gamers, meaning “to reduce the effectiveness of”
rage quit, a verb describing the action of abruptly quitting an activity out of anger
thirst trap, a slang term used to describe a photo or video shared to social media in an effort to attract attention"

[Vrede too]

RepuQs want children to be:
Ignorant
Infected
Pregnant
Bigoted
Abused
Raped

And, they're winning:

Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools

[Vrede too]

Footloose irl:

Louisiana student punished by school for dancing at private party
Kaylee Timonet was stripped of student government title and denied scholarship support after video surfaced of her at party

... “They basically told me that I should be ashamed of myself,” (Kaylee) Timonet told a local news outlet. “That I wasn’t basically following God’s ideals, which made me cry even more.”

The event, attended by Timonet’s mother, has sparked outrage and debate within the student body, with many sharing their support on social media by posting “Let the Girl Dance” banners....

“They were just having fun,” Timonet’s mother said. “She should not be questioned or spoken about faith at all. It’s a public school, not a private school.”

Asshole xtian principal retracts. Article includes the video of perfectly innocent, fully clothed, solo dancing:

Walker High Principal reinstates privileges for senior after dancing video makes headlines; Mom says ‘Too little, too late’


Asshole xtian principal chased out of the school:

Principal of Walker High School requests to take leave of absence