M-Step scores are BARELY up this past year. I picked a random grade (6th) and proficiency rates are at 29% in math and 38% in English. Let me repeat those numbers. TWENTY NINE PERCENT of sixth graders who attend a public school are proficient at math and THIRTY EIGHT PERCENT are proficient at Englis...

and all on the road at that. Might have to actually pay attention to this team this year.

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Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:34 pm

Good for you. My dad still has long COVID with heart issues.

Out of curiosity, was he vaccinated?

Didn't your parents have a very hard time with COVID? My mom did. My dad's case was mild. Though as rough of a time as my mom had with it, about 2 months after she first contracted it, she had recovered 100% with no lingering symptoms whatsoever. But that has nothing to do with the shutting down of...

I'm just giving you my personal opinion - you don't have to be an apprehensive ass about it. I acknowledged in my post above that attitudes are changing - I said that I personally find that concerning, and to clarify, the reason I find it concerning is because I view an increased demand for being hi...

...as long as they don't harm anyone else... I've said many times before in here that I'm a firm believer in the harm principle - that is, that the government has no business curbing your behavior so long as your actions don't harm others. Except that the word "harm" can be either narrowly or broad...

You might want to read these links. Ignore at your own risk. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK224396/#:~:text=Since%20marijuana%20users%20generally%20inhale,into%20a%20cancer%2Dcausing%20form. https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/smoking-facts/health-effects/marijuana-and-lung-health Anybody who ...

The libertarian in me agrees that both should be legal. My issue is, is that the kind of society we want to live in? Pot shops and brothels everywhere, people high in public, hookers on every street corner. Part of me believes that we need to have at least SOME standards as a society as to what is a...

Just for clarification, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 844, Marijuana possession is illegal at the federal level in this country.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/844

I mostly side with RT on this one, though in principle I don't necessarily have a problem with the government compiling race and ethnicity data. The problem is, as km points out, that the government uses that data for purely political purposes. Explain how the data is political? Is this a serious q...

A lengthy article, posted in of all places the New York Times, talking about how much school absences have risen post-covid. The short version is, chronic absenteeism is up from 15% pre-Covid to 26% today. What is going on here? I spoke with school leaders, counselors, researchers and parents. They ...

I mostly side with RT on this one, though in principle I don't necessarily have a problem with the government compiling race and ethnicity data. The problem is, as km points out, that the government uses that data for purely political purposes.

Last night's speech won't move the needle so much as one tick... And that's where you are wrong. He needs to shore up his base and some of that low approval is due to Democrats not being enthused with him. it's not just a pile of Republicans and Independents. That speech absolutely moved the needle...

That's kind of how our system works. In 2016, a big part of Trump's platform was that he was going to put conservative justices on the bench. People elected him fair and square, and that's exactly what he did. Fascinating to see somebody get criticized for actually following through with a campaign ...

What about Kate Cox and others like her? What about her? My issue is with calling abortion a "reproductive right" because such language seeks to sugar-coat what an abortion really is. I will say that in her specific situation, it sounds like there was a 90 percent chance the baby wouldn't have live...