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“Ethno-mathematics.”

The community organizer-in-chief is now pushing schools to cut back on summer vacation. Local control, schmocal control:
Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
“Now, [...]

Arne + Obama + Annenberg + Everyday Math = Same old, same old.

Dummy variables.

Love you thiiiiis much.

Calling all nerds.

Constructivism run amok.

My column this week covers the long-fought fuzzy math wars and the parental revolt against poisonous edu-fads. The Texas state school board voted before Thanksgiving to ditch the infamous “Everyday Math” textbook for third-graders. This is the faulty curriculum the NYC schools were forced to adopt despite an outcry from teachers and parents. It’s [...]

Coddling Foggy Bottom.

“What did I do?”

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It’s a zoo outside San Quentin prison, where convicted murderer/Crips gang co-founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams is scheduled to die by injection at San Quentin Prison at 12:01am Pacific time for murdering four people during two 1979 holdups. Live KPIX video feed outside San Quentin here. (Hat tip: Reader Dave.) Photos via readers [...]

The biggest story of the weekend, which continues to spill all over today’s headlines, is the Giuliana Sgrena debacle in Iraq. LGF , OTB, and the Jawa Report, among many others, have done great jobs covering the twists and turns.
So, how much was the ransom allegedly paid by the Italian government to Sgrena’s still-unidentified terrorist [...]