The charter school miracle is apparently not such a miracle. New Orleans schools improved more before Katrina than afterward: Between 2002 and 2005 (based on numbers from the Times-Picayune), test score growth in 4th grade among all NOLA public school children was 18 points in ELA and 16 points in Math. Between 2007 to 2010 [...]
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No New Orleans Charter School Miracle
Posted in Education on August 31, 2010 | Comments Off
More Unfairness From God
Posted in An Agnostic Reads the Bible, Religion on August 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
You know, if you read Genesis, it gets pretty hard pretty quickly to think of God as just or loving. First he sets human beings up to fail and lose immortality. Then He assigns blame in a rather unfair manner: The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and [...]
Reality: GOP Plans Lead to Lower Employment, Higher Deficit
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Economics, Politics on August 30, 2010 | 18 Comments »
So says the CBO and other non-partisian budget sources: There’s only one problem with Boehner’s message: so far, the things that Republicans have said they want to do won’t actually boost employment or reduce deficits. In fact, much the opposite. By combing through a variety of studies and projections from nonpartisan economic sources, we here [...]
Firing Teachers Based on Test Scores Does Not Get You Better Teachers
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Education, Politics on August 30, 2010 | Comments Off
Or so says this report: While there are good reasons for concern about the current system of teacher evaluation, there are also good reasons to be concerned about claims that measuring teachers’ effectiveness largely by student test scores will lead to improved student achievement. If new laws or policies specifically require that teachers be fired [...]
First You Say N*gger, N*gger. Then You Say Muslim, Muslim
Posted in Church & State, Culture, Politics on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The GOP built its power on the Southern Strategy. After the Democrats finally, a hundred year too late, did the right thing and removed the racists from their party, the GOP welcomed them with open arms. For the next forty years, the GOP used the power of racism to leverage themselves in power. That strategy [...]
… He Rested
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2010 | Comments Off
Sorry for the absence and missing the last two weeks of Agnostic Reads a Bible. I have relatives in town, vendors in town, and my wife is on jury duty, so my schedule is a mess. Back in a couple of days, with at least one belated bible read.
The Final Nail
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Economics, Health, Politics on August 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
…in the coffin of Paul Ryan’s “roadmap,” via Bruce Bartlett: I also note that the actuaries’ memo is really a stake in the heart of Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan. The actuaries are saying that it is so unlikely that Medicare cuts already in law will be implemented that they should just be ignored. But [...]
Saying What Needs To Be Said
Posted in Politics, Religion, Smackdown! on August 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Jacob Davies. And if that’s not good enough, commenter Peter wins the thread early on: But but but but it’s hallowed groooound! And when construction is complete it will come with hallowed office space and a hallowed shopping complex. But a place of worship two blocks away would desecrate [...]
Economics in Terms Digg Can Understand
Posted in Economics, Humor on August 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Obviously written and directed by an Austerian Austrian economist, bitter about the fact that Hayek actually got his ass handed to him. But still clever. And I would be remiss if I didn’t link to Krugman’s explanation of why Austrian Economics is bullshit.
Bible, Schmible
Posted in Agnostic Reads the Bible, Books, Flame Bait, Flaming Bag of Poo, Libertarian Problem Solving on August 17, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Kevin may be spending Tuesdays reading the Bible, but via commenter Dan M, we see that someone else has taken on a much more painful assignment.
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