Tag Archives: Higher Ed

Quick Takes – Educational Equity In Action: The Three “R’s” Purged From Diploma Requirements; Equity-Based Honors Program; Re-Segregation Of Schools

Posted on August 26, 2021 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: Dumbing down the kids for Social Justice!      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Woke Learning: Indigenous Creationism; Critical Race Collective’s 5 Tenets; Not Really Math

Posted on July 29, 2021 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: The woke way of knowing.      First, a little mood music:      Science … Continue reading →

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It’s Not The Funding, It’s The Pedagogy

Posted on July 28, 2021 by The Political Hat

     There is much to complain about “new” methods of teaching mathematics, regardless of if it’s under the moniker of “common core” or not. As has been noted here before, many of these methods can serve as useful shortcuts… to those … Continue reading →

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Dallas Justice Now: Imagine Premier Universities Free of White People

Posted on July 26, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Segregation and racial exclusion used to be racist. Used to be… Now-a-days, it is a moral imperative to achieve “justice”, as seen by the so-called “Dallas Justice Now” which wants White parents to achieve “equity” by sacrificing the “privilege” of … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Academia On White People: Original Sin Of Whiteness; Privileged Ways Of Knowing; Spirit Murderers

Posted on July 22, 2021 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: (Not quite) Kinderheim 511.      First, a little mood music:      A Catholic … Continue reading →

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Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education

Posted on July 15, 2021 by The Political Hat

Funny how the proponents squeal about how Critical Race Theory isn’t taught in schools but banning it being taught in schools is an attack on Critical Race Theory.   It’s almost as if they forget all their decades of books … Continue reading →

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Star Chamber Equity

Posted on July 14, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Sexual abuse proceedings against men in college had for some time now devolved into, at best Kangaroo Courts, and at worst unabashed Star Chambers. But now a court has dismissed the idea that colleges are biased against men… by declaring … Continue reading →

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Critical Race Theory Gaslighting FAIL

Posted on June 30, 2021 by The Political Hat

“Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or group, making them question their own memory, perception, or judgement. It may evoke changes in them … Continue reading →

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Critical Race Theory Handbook

Posted on June 29, 2021 by The Political Hat

     “But Critical Race Theory is just a legal theory” the refrain has become, “and isn’t about pedagogy and education!!1!” Funny, then, how many primary texts exist that, by their very titles, state otherwise. Case in point: “Handbook of Critical Race … Continue reading →

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Doubleplusungood Language According To Brandeis

Posted on June 28, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Sure, it’s not an “expectation or requirement”, but your oppressively oppressive language of oppressing oppressiveness will be noted, and Brandeis has given notice of what is oppressive…      Screenshots as of writing… but additional archiving of an earlier/stupider draft.            As … Continue reading →

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