1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
When the Soviets made it into space with Sputnik, US media panicked in support of Democrats and announced education needed to be fixed in USA. New Math was born. New Math had been the belief that kids could learn math by abstract forms which adults understand. If it could be shown subtraction and division were related operations, then children could do both. Only, that is not how children learn, generally, or within the diverse expressions that learning takes. Press did not care. They praised 'forward thinking' Kennedy for panicking and successive administrations spent big on Math and Science. The result being that high schools got physics and chemistry laboratories and Math courses were tested against international standards.
A curious thing happened early in the first Reagan administration. Bad measurement which supported the media narrative of falling education standards resulted in $billions of dollars going to new science facilities and stricter math standards. Only, a rates illusion obscured the fact that standards had risen.
We need to be blind to race, but racists insist on racist discrimination so as to measure inequity. The idea of addressing inequity through any other measure than race, or gender, doesn't seem to register on those racists. So standards were reported over all, and by ethnic subgroups Black, Hispanic, White, Asian, Indigenous and other. Over all standards had fallen, but every single subgroup had improved. Even 'other.' We may never know the specific measures which addressed the needs of 'other' students best. It is probably wrong that we don't do it more. I believe I could measure and address the shortfall if only I were paid better than Gore, Clinton, Obama, Fauci, Biden, Pelosi, Warren etc etc.
The reason for the illusion is to do with the math rule of never adding rates of unlike measures. Black and hispanic students had improved, but their populations were rising from a lower base than Asian and White students, and the number of Black and Hispanic students had increased disproportionately. So even though every subgroup had improved, because there were more of students who were from back grounds which had had lower achievement, the over all results fell. It was not a complete loss. The needs of 'other' students were met better than any Democrat administration has managed since.
https://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2021/09/15th-sept-review-of-historical-and.html
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David Daniel Ball calls himself the Conservative Voice.
I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. ...
My name is David Daniel Ball
I’m having to stop my news casts for awhile, as I’m entering my new home and beginning work.
I still want to write about
How America lost the 2020 election.
How Australia sided with Dems against Trump
Clinton’s role in the collapse of Australian Conservatism
How US Democrats co-opted Nazi environmentalism to effect world change
How the church founded secularism which is eating it.
How Jesus is alive and well today. The promise time is coming
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Here are headlines from Bongino Report for today Jan 22nd 2025
Trump to Make Massive Announcement on Infrastructure
Inauguration Prayer Service's Pastor Goes on Cringe-inducing Liberal Sermon
Judge Cannon Issues Another Smackdown of Jack Smith and the Biden DOJ
Trump Reverses Biden Decision, Reinstates Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Former Clinton Pollster: Biden’s Last Minute Pardons Show Total Corruption
Never Tried Before: Democrats Debut Bold New Strategy of Comparing Political Opponents to Hitler
That was via Bongino. Also, Trump is working on declassifying documents regarding JFK, RFK and others. Biden’s cronies are still setting mines to stall the new administration.
Editorial: About J6 prisoners and their gaolers
According to mythology, there was an insurrection in the US where rioters invaded congress to kill. They set up pipe bombs at DNC and RNC headquarters. Trump tried to overpower a secret service agent driving him away. In the aftermath, ...
For more about Americas Untold Stories I refer you to Hunley and Groubert's American Untold stories. Find about JFK, RFK, Nixon, LBJ etc etc
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Here's a point summary of Jan 21st 2025, today's news:
Trump Inauguration:
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, marking a historic return to the White House after defeating Joe Biden in the November election. His inauguration took place indoors due to extreme weather conditions. Trump used his inaugural address to outline priorities for his second term and criticize Biden's administration.
Biden Leaving Office:
Joe Biden left office with a farewell ceremony at the Capitol, boarding Marine One to return to private life where no one will pretend he has Presidential authority they exercise for him. Before leaving, Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for several individuals, including family members, exactly as he claimed Trump would do, but Trump hadn’t.
Sports News:
• Anthony Miller made an unexpected ...
