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[–] 18 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Eliminate standardized testing? Sir, things like not having centralized education standards like that is why half of Americans don't know about the native genocides, many of them read below a 7th grade level, and a lot of them place creationism on the same tier as fossil records.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Standardized testing is great for math and reading and very basic science.

    The criticism is that it makes teachers "teach to the test". And that's very true. But if the kids aren't fucking getting it, that's a problem regardless of whether we have the tests or not. Getting rid of the tests just hides the problem.

    It's not too dissimilar from this administration's ideas to kill climate change data.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I'm guessing he was trying to say how to educate, not what. Not every human being learns in the same way and different people need different teaching methods.

    Even so, I'd limit that to a list of scientifically proven methods

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