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the idea that the reason article puts forward; that the new california curriculum is "lowest common denominator" or "one size fits all" is fallacious. read the

the idea that the reason article puts forward; that the new california curriculum is "lowest common denominator" or "one size fits all" is fallacious. read the actual proposal- it's a lot more nuanced than this makes it out to be https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/ https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/

smsm42 6y ago
Could you outline in short where the nuances that Reason is missing are? I'm afraid life's too short to analyze a dozen on 60-page documents in bureaucratese... Is it correct that the authors reject the idea of diversity of skills among the students and support the idea that teachers should enforce equalization of achievement, regardless of skill, as Reason states?
- lupire 5y ago
  Why do you believe Reason's claims without evidence?
  - smsm42 5y ago
    There is evidence. I feel people started using "without evidence" as "I disagree with it" lately and it's just wrong. The evidence is outlined in the article and supported by my prior knowledge of how woke education works and what Reason is. I can not independently experience and evaluate everything in the world, so for some things I must rely on trusting other people to deliver the information. Reason is not perfect but usually reliable enough to not distort the information beyond recognition. So, if in a particular case it is claimed that they got it wrong, I'd like at least specific information about what they got wrong and why I should change my mind about them. Just saying "oh it's all wrong" and dumping link to a gigabyte of dense bureaucratic language is not going to convince anybody. Reason did the work of sifting through it and refining the conclusions. Maybe they did it wrong, in this case the right thing is to point out the mistakes, not to say "it's all just wrong, but I won't tell you where".

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the idea that the reason article puts forward; that the new california curriculum is "lowest common denominator" or "one size fits all" is fallacious. read the

by pksebben 6y ago

smsm42 6y ago
Could you outline in short where the nuances that Reason is missing are? I'm afraid life's too short to analyze a dozen on 60-page documents in bureaucratese... Is it correct that the authors reject the idea of diversity of skills among the students and support the idea that teachers should enforce equalization of achievement, regardless of skill, as Reason states?
- lupire 5y ago
  Why do you believe Reason's claims without evidence?
  - smsm42 5y ago
    There is evidence. I feel people started using "without evidence" as "I disagree with it" lately and it's just wrong. The evidence is outlined in the article and supported by my prior knowledge of how woke education works and what Reason is. I can not independently experience and evaluate everything in the world, so for some things I must rely on trusting other people to deliver the information. Reason is not perfect but usually reliable enough to not distort the information beyond recognition. So, if in a particular case it is claimed that they got it wrong, I'd like at least specific information about what they got wrong and why I should change my mind about them. Just saying "oh it's all wrong" and dumping link to a gigabyte of dense bureaucratic language is not going to convince anybody. Reason did the work of sifting through it and refining the conclusions. Maybe they did it wrong, in this case the right thing is to point out the mistakes, not to say "it's all just wrong, but I won't tell you where".