We do still read most conservative blogs. It must be habit. We went around the Colorado centric sites this week and found these jewels:
Bob Beauprez reports that the CU Boulder faculty is not exactly a picture of diversity. You may be amazed at just how lacking in diversity it is. We were.
Schaffer v Udall notes that Mark Udall's campaign philosophy on energy avoids any realistic solutions and instead offers a "diverse energy portfolio" solution that neglects current needs while dwelling instead on future energy substitutes for petroleum:
Both Ben DeGrow and Best Destiny are not happy that CSAP might be on its way out. We have a different opinion. There are a lot of dishonest things about CSAP. It isn't intellectually honest to count students who are so mentally disabled that they can't hold up a pencil. Some sit in a wheelchair and can't hold up their head. The designers of CSAP were so determined to discredit the public school system that they very happily count those students as though they have every capability of learning that every other student has.
An honest look at CSAP scores will almost always reveal a direct correlation between the socio economic status of the surrounding neighborhood and the school results. What is the point of spending $22 million a year to get results that provide no useful data that can't be had by looking at police reports, drug busts, and murder rates, or at the other end, by the education level of the parents?
Beating this dead horse a bit more, dyslexia is becoming more common among school aged children. Not long ago this author was a science fair judge. We judged an admitted dyslexic contestant who wants to be an engineer. He was a bright kid, well served by his teachers and parents, motivated and destined to go to college, but almost certainly a consistent CSAP failure. Kids like him don't fail CSAP. CSAP fails kids like him. It is time to move on from CSAP.
John Andrews announces that he is shifting his priorities from judicial term limits this year in other directions.
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