Education Reporting: Why I Get Angry Every Time

[amilyn]

Invariably when I hear reports about education, I see red. The reports, like medical, or science, or pharmaceutical information, or other statistical data, take information the reporters don't understand and try to explain it without first comprehending what it says

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[amilyn]

No kidding. MEN ARE BEING OPPRESSED! They're not in the overwhelming majority of ALL places of power or leading-too-places-of-power. FIIIIIX IIIIT!

Did I mention we had a whole afternoon meeting at school about this once several years ago and I pointed out that the NUMBERS disproved the "crisis" touted by the headlines? I had to restrain myself from saying, "So...can we just go home now?"

[spiletta42]

Panic sells papers.

[kirbyfest]

Blah blah fishcakes WHAT ABOUT TEH MENS?

[amilyn]

Let us all to be remembering that Feminism is All About The Penis.

[spiletta42]

Yeah, but isn't everything?

[stoplookingup]

if the United States is committed to free and universal public education for all children

Sadly, that's getting to be a bigger "if" all the time.

There's a fundamental unwillingness to acknowledge that the most important factor in school success is socioeconomic. I think that's because Americans can't face up to the fact that we've given up trying to improve the lot of the poor because they're - well, poor.

[seldearslj]

News: men no longer dominate educational merit lists.

Feminists: This is good news!
Old Skool: OMG! WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE WHITE MENZ???