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Re:The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students
on Sunday July 24, 2016 @01:44PM (#12154003)
>I don't see why the tests can't be administered on paper and have the teachers grade them.
Standardized tests are used to evaluate teachers and schools. Given the chance, teachers and school administrators will cheat on them.
By the way, teacher's union desires that their performance not be evaluated is a source of motivated reasoning on this topic, so be skeptical.
Re:Google tags Wikileaks as a dangerous site
on Friday July 22, 2016 @11:26PM (#12148198)
It requires explanation that a multinational company would support a trade deal?
Re:Sculpture of Housing Prices Ripping San Francisco Apart
on Thursday July 21, 2016 @09:49PM (#12141245)
Those homes have yards, porches, and trees in the back (check the overhead view), and often rooms on the same floor as the garage (which is one car wide). This set-up is clearly not ideal but it's more efficient than the large unused front lawns present in most US suburbs.
Re:What If There Just Aren’t Enough Jobs to Go Around?
on Thursday July 21, 2016 @09:18PM (#12141130)
I think the implied answer here is you increase taxes, thereby funding the jobs for unemployed people and also making it harder for families to afford to support the unemployed.