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We did a piece today at politico, just looking at what happened with the rnc and its fund-raising in the after math of january 6th. for about six days, the rnc did not send a single fund-raising email. and from then to now, they send 96 that mention the word trump. that is not a coincident. he is a grassroots motivator. if they get rid of him, they could not raise the money they need to sustain for a political party. he is a cash cow. that is a huge story line here. not just that he is threateni...

With two dozen charges against 19 counts of kidnapping. >> john: theres a back story there we need to know. officials in california are looking to chaise math for millions of students all of the name of equity. the same math courses until the junior year of high school. supporters say student should not be shut out because of a pose of the state education departments new mathematics framework, these proposed guidelines until 11 grade until the junior year they could take advance courses like cal...

And that document said the changes were to address systemic racism in mathematics, the concept is still there. deputy education secretary wrote in "the wall street journal" that the underpinning that the teachers addressing the students mistakes forthright as a form of white supremacy and sets forth indicators of white supremacy culture and the mathematics classroom including a focus on getting the right answer teaching math in a linear fashion required students to show their work and grading th...

Initiatives, this effect i believe is going to harm the very people that intends to help. >> john: china are big a strategic competitor doesnt hold any of its students back, tries to push them as far as it can, certainly not thinking about equity in terms of mathematics, what are the dangers of the u.s. pursuing a policy of equity and holding students back in affect about china is blazing full steam ahead? >> if it prevents us from reaching their full capacity in terms of our stem careers in the...

Dumbing Down Public-School Math in the Name of Social Justice Commentary In the interest of “math equity”—doing something about racial disparities in accelerated mathematics classes for gifted middle-school and high-school students—the state of California is considering simply doing away with public schools’ accelerated math track altogether. The current system, which allows youngsters with demonstrated math proficiency to start algebra in the 8th grade and take calculus as high-schoo...

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The Ontario government announced last summer that it planned to end the practice of separating students when they entered high school into an academic or applied track

Proposed Math Framework Would Hinder Gifted Students, Educator Says SANTA CLARA, Calif.—California’s new math framework aims to keep students learning at the same level, in the name of equity. However, critics say this would discourage some students from advancing ahead. For example, critics predict that students who are gifted in math may be prevented from enrolling in more advanced courses like algebra in middle school and calculus in high school. The framework is presented as a teacher�...

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Mind-blowing Math Problem Goes Viral As Hardly Anyone Gets It Right On 4/29/21 at 9:19 AM EDT A tricky math problem is going viral, after it seems hardly anyone is able to get it right. A man shared the puzzle on TikTok, under the name Walk Off The Earth, where its since blown up due to the amount of people who have got it wrong. He captioned the clip, uploaded on Wednesday, "theres no way you get this right!" adding "mind absolutely blown." The equation is presented to a willing participant, u...