Category Archives: Education

Common Core Confusion

Posted on April 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Yet another convoluted “Common Core” assignment intended to make things easier while doing the exact opposite has cropped up. Common core insanity for six year olds! How to go from simple to complex, in four steps.#mathmadness pic.twitter.com/GaTAVR1tHb — Amber Papadopoulos … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Whiteness as a Disease, Logic & Reason is Racist, and How Vote Fraud is the New Social Justice

Posted on April 24, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Logic + Being White + The Integrity of the Vote = … Continue reading →

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The Queering of Reality

Posted on April 22, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The vast majority of males are men who like women; the vast majority of females are women who like men.  That’s reality.  For some, however, reality is unjust and must be “corrected” in the name of “social justice” in order … Continue reading →

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Teacher Bullied for Questioning Common Core

Posted on April 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A Missouri elementary school teacher testified before the Missouri Senate education Committee on how she and others were bullied and threatened for daring to question the Common Core curricula being imposed. Tweet

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Progressive Education: Teaching Facts is Out; Teaching THEIR Values is In

Posted on April 16, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Sometimes the Left is so self-assured of their power that they let their mask slip.  Candidate for Toronto District School Board John Furr is one such example. The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. … Continue reading →

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Common Core vs “Unfriendly Numbers”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A student is chided for not using “friendly numbers” in a “clever” new method of adding numbers: @Talkmaster a 2nd graders Common Core math homework. pic.twitter.com/mkGGVA0bJ1 — Sam Heath (@smheath11) March 25, 2014      Hat Tip: Twitchy. Tweet

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Quick Takes – Trigger Warnings, Free-Expression Taxes, and an Open Letter

Posted on April 9, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Free Speech & Higher Education.      How far have we fallen as … Continue reading →

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Common Core Adultery

Posted on April 4, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Now 8 year olds are learning about important topics with their reading comprehension Common Core lessons:  Adultery! Common core 8th graders and adultery pic.twitter.com/2aCK40Q525 — marc haig (@marchaig) March 28, 2014      Is there really no better literary text or other … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Public School’s Religious Discrimination, Speaking English a H8 Crime, and Education sans Parents

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Education      Despite the fact that under both Federal and state non-discrimination … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Making the Simple Complex

Posted on March 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Here is yet another example of Common Core assignments making simple math more “accessible.” Ridiculous #CommonCore examples. How do I math?pic.twitter.com/mlzAb9l86b — Kim (@JBaileysMom) March 22, 2014      There are many problems with this.  While it is a convenient “trick” and … Continue reading →

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