tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post2492979421165234967..comments2023-10-08T04:36:50.656-07:00Comments on Choosing Democracy: A progressive agenda for public schoolsDuane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-87867113304370450892012-02-09T19:43:10.377-08:002012-02-09T19:43:10.377-08:00Clearly the progressive agenda has degenerated our...Clearly the progressive agenda has degenerated our public school systems to the point of an almost complete dependency model. Their absolute refusal to see a creator has all but forced them to teach that men can save themselves. The achievment gap is a 'moral' gap that cannot and will not be fixed by either liberalism or today's watered down christianity. It can be fixed only by complete submission to the authority of Christ. All things were made by him, for him, and through him all things hold together. Minus Christ, all things fall apart as we are clearly seeing.<br /><br />Virgil - IndianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-5304824806986984002007-10-07T23:48:00.000-07:002007-10-07T23:48:00.000-07:00If you want the truth about something, don’t ask y...If you want the truth about something, don’t ask your friend, minister, local politician, activist group (or consulting company looking for big bucks contracts). Instead, consult the peer reviewed literature where professional reputations and careers are on the line, big time. Any flawed reasoning is quickly challenged and exposed. <BR/><BR/>It is uniformly found in the literature that cognitive performance potential has genetic roots. That’s why, e.g., sperm banks prefer medical students as sources, Ivy League grads are prized egg donors, and "designer babies" are on the horizon. Ask any molecular biologist: the genome folks are on top of this but are keeping a low-profile because of the implications. The truth is not always a pleasant thing, but that is no reason to bury one’s head in politically-correct sand.<BR/><BR/>Whenever two groups go head-to-head on a cognitive playing field the different results are fundamentally based in genetic differences between the two groups. The achievement gap is not a failure of the educational system.<BR/><BR/>Poverty and disadvantage are not generally an explanation. It is natural that low cognitive performers will tend to be found in lower income dysfunctional families. Equal opportunity can be provided but equal results cannot be expected. Low-performing students are overwhelmingly the offspring of intellectually-challenged parents whose earning capacities, and less-responsible life decisions leading to poverty, merely reflect genetically-rooted cognitive deficiencies. Genes and environment synergize, they are not independent variables.<BR/><BR/>The achievement gap is hereditary: no amount of legislation, massive funding, special programs, or litigation can ever close it. Why else do you suppose despite everything that has been tried for the last 30-40 years, the gap has remained essentially stable and intractable?<BR/><BR/>Contrary to all available scientific evidence, school systems continue to operate under an utterly ridiculous facade that the achievement gap is something that can be fixed. The achievement gap is really a genetic gap. You can provide equal opportunity, but you will never get equal results. Best to identify the superior performing students, regardless of race, and ensure that they have all possible educational advantages and programs. These students are the most precious resource: those who will ultimately be most effective in solving society’s problems down the road. Squandering resources on genetic losers results in The_Best_Children_Left_Behind...<BR/><BR/>Don Anderson - Kent, WABigDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750950813639362401noreply@blogger.com