The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoMaking grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up1734arrow-down119
arrow-up1715arrow-down1imageMaking grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education.media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square136linkfedilink
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoThere were a bunch of articles when the data came out from the NAEP report card. Most I saw were mentioning phonics as the biggest factor. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/mississippi-schools-transformation https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/09/mississippi-not-california-is-the-education-future/ It’s often being referred to as the “Mississippi Miracle” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Miracle
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoI mean, both of those are right wing sources though.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·2 months agoI thought the second one might be (unfamiliar with it, it was just in the search results), but NYT is definitely not right wing, and the NAEP and Wikipedia are fairly neutral.
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoNYT has proven in the past few years its a trash rag propping up shitty right wing policies. See also the Washington Post.
minus-squareReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAre you confusing NYT with the New York Post? I certainly see lots of headlines and articles critical of Trump in the NYT.
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI am talking about issues beyond Trump, especially around Israel/Palestine and LGBTQ+ issues.
There were a bunch of articles when the data came out from the NAEP report card. Most I saw were mentioning phonics as the biggest factor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/mississippi-schools-transformation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/09/mississippi-not-california-is-the-education-future/
It’s often being referred to as the “Mississippi Miracle” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Miracle
I mean, both of those are right wing sources though.
I thought the second one might be (unfamiliar with it, it was just in the search results), but NYT is definitely not right wing, and the NAEP and Wikipedia are fairly neutral.
NYT has proven in the past few years its a trash rag propping up shitty right wing policies. See also the Washington Post.
Are you confusing NYT with the New York Post? I certainly see lots of headlines and articles critical of Trump in the NYT.
I am talking about issues beyond Trump, especially around Israel/Palestine and LGBTQ+ issues.