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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by bluGill on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @08:53AM (#45196924)
> Republicans want to dismantle department of education, have cut funding for education, food stamps, free meals, etc.

> they are by definition against education for the outgroup and “the poors”

The second does not follow from the first in anyway. You can be against federal education and strongly for education. Just because you think a federal department of education is needed for good education doesn't mean it everyone thinks like you or that people who think differently automatically do not value the things you think having a federal department of education would help.

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by PartiallyTyped on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @03:19PM (#45202373)
Grand, let’s observe state-wide evidence.

Red states overwhelmingly occupy the bottom end of leaderboards by all accounts of education except the number of people believing in fairytales about angels.

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by bluGill on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @03:52PM (#45202731)
The bottom end is also places where there are a lot more Hispanic people who for whatever reason tend do do bad in education. Which is to say there are so many confounders that your observation isn't helpful to the debate.
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