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Huh so it turns out most of these challenges to books across the nation are mainly from a small handful of karens
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/28/virginia-frequent-school-book-challenger-spotsylvania/
But thanks to very fine people INSISTING that this couldn't be happening all over the country, these sorts of intellectual arsonists have all the room they need to pull books off of shelves and censor anything that isn't white puritanical schlock

The first statement that should be required by every speaker at a school board meeting is whether or not they have kids attending the school district.
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11 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

We’ll see who cancels who.

A truly cultured and sophisticated individual would know it's "We'll see who cancels whom."

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Also, why no link?
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The first statement that should be required by every speaker at a school board meeting is whether or not they have kids attending the school district.

I would tweak that a bit to say “your relationship to the district”. My kids are recently out of school and I have a wife teaching in the district, so I’ve seen a lot of what is right and wrong, but I no longer have kids in the district.

But generally, I like your idea…
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1 hour ago, Texas Jeff said:


I would tweak that a bit to say “your relationship to the district”. My kids are recently out of school and I have a wife teaching in the district, so I’ve seen a lot of what is right and wrong, but I no longer have kids in the district.

But generally, I like your idea…

Do you have kids in the district, do you live in the district, do you work for the district.  That'll work.

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On 9/26/2023 at 5:09 PM, UpperWestside said:

If you have the means to do so and want your children to receive a better education get you and your family to a place not run by people that openly advocate how wonderful charter schools are (New York has a lot of these people as evidenced by the 1000 charter schools/child profit centers here) and find somewhere that doesn’t ban books as well.
 

That we are in 2023 living with people who have more in common with the folks running the Salem Witch Trials than modern methods of effective education is astounding. The fighting you will encounter with these people is just not worth it. Take your family to a place where education matters. Not everyone obviously has the monetary means to do this, but if you do then go for it and make sure you either get your son or daughter in a public school or pay for a private school education  if you have the means for that or prefer that. 

I'm a straight, white, upper-middle class, property-owning male. I always figured that I need to use all those privileges to stay and keep voting for sanity. But I also have two school-aged kids. The all-out war on public school is the first thing that's really shaken me. What kind of dad am I if I don't do the best I can for my kids?

Also, it's hot as fuck here.

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West Texas A&M is back in the news, and it's not good (reminder that their president banned student drag shows on campus).

A new institute promoting "Texas Panhandle Values" got $20 million in funding from some local rich guy. Dan Patrick says it's part of a larger effort to get similar ones at all TAMU system schools. This is akin to Civitas being established at UT.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/04/west-texas-am-hill-institute/

 

Key quotes from Patrick:

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who attended the event announcing the donation Wednesday, said he supported the center as a way to bring Texas “panhandle values” to the rest of the country.

“This is the America that all America used to be, it should be again,” Patrick said of the sprawling, pastoral region whose rural counties and smaller outposts have long been a Republican stronghold. “These are American values here.”

 

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At the event Wednesday, Patrick told Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp that he would work with him to get similar institutes at all A&M campuses by the end of Sharp’s tenure.

“Start from here, make this a national policy program because we need leaders in America,” he told the crowd. “We need to turn our face back to God. Stand on that foundation.”

 

 

 

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27 minutes ago, bolverk said:

West Texas A&M is back in the news, and it's not good (reminder that their president banned student drag shows on campus).

A new institute promoting "Texas Panhandle Values" got $20 million in funding from some local rich guy. Dan Patrick says it's part of a larger effort to get similar ones at all TAMU system schools. This is akin to Civitas being established at UT.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/04/west-texas-am-hill-institute/

 

Key quotes from Patrick:

 

 

My grandparents from Amarillo who LITERALLY WROTE A BOOK ABOUT PANHANDLE HISTORY would vehemently disagree with all of this.  Fuck these ghouls.

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39 minutes ago, bolverk said:

West Texas A&M is back in the news, and it's not good (reminder that their president banned student drag shows on campus).

A new institute promoting "Texas Panhandle Values" got $20 million in funding from some local rich guy. Dan Patrick says it's part of a larger effort to get similar ones at all TAMU system schools. This is akin to Civitas being established at UT.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/04/west-texas-am-hill-institute/

 

Key quotes from Patrick:

 

 


panhandle values as maga sees it

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1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

My grandparents from Amarillo who LITERALLY WROTE A BOOK ABOUT PANHANDLE HISTORY would vehemently disagree with all of this.  Fuck these ghouls.

I, myself, who admittedly have not written a book about West Texas but was reared in the Permian Basin (which I think is more culturally akin to the Panhandle than Lubbock/South Plains because of oil/ranching instead of cotton farming), would somewhat agree. I also went to Tech for undergrad, so I'm familiar with Lubbock/South Plains, where it was mostly "dry" while my much smaller oil town was always "wet."

But I also think that there has always been a historically rooted culture clash between the more libertarian mind-your-own-damn-business wildcatters/ranchers on one side versus the more uptight peak-in-your-windows farmers/homesteaders on the other.

Unfortunately, the latter seems to have won that culture war out there.

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On 10/5/2023 at 8:29 PM, bolverk said:

West Texas A&M is back in the news, and it's not good (reminder that their president banned student drag shows on campus).

A new institute promoting "Texas Panhandle Values" got $20 million in funding from some local rich guy. Dan Patrick says it's part of a larger effort to get similar ones at all TAMU system schools. This is akin to Civitas being established at UT.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/04/west-texas-am-hill-institute/

 

Key quotes from Patrick:

 

 

 

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On 10/5/2023 at 9:52 PM, sasquatch69 said:

Abbott just called the next special session to focus once again on vouchers, and he’s now going nuclear.

 

This could very easily blow up in his face.  If I were a rural R rep, I'd immediately be on the "watch this rich big city R come here and try and take our money to put in his private school friends' pockets!  No sir, not on my watch!"  

 

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17 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

This could very easily blow up in his face.  If I were a rural R rep, I'd immediately be on the "watch this rich big city R come here and try and take our money to put in his private school friends' pockets!  No sir, not on my watch!"  

 

But there are some rich, small town Rs that are behind the movement as well. They could very well make it easy for an opponent to primary some of these people out. 

 

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Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

But there are some rich, small town Rs that are behind the movement as well. They could very well make it easy for an opponent to primary some of these people out. 

 

I didn't say it couldn't happen.  Yours is a completely plausible scenario. 

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6 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I didn't say it couldn't happen.  Yours is a completely plausible scenario. 

What makes this difficult for the rural Rs is that while they are aligned with Dems on the voucher issue, they can be completely opposite on other issues like book banning.

Surprised that Abbott is finding other methods to entice the rural Rs, like increased state funding of their schools to ensure the public schools remain whole.

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Watched that yesterday.  I think a big part of this is the Homeschool lobby wants the money to flow into their for profit curriculum by getting homeschool parents to request the vouchers to pay for online classes.

Same shit Rick Perry was doing with A&M 10+ years ago. 

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On 10/13/2023 at 11:40 AM, TexasEd said:

Watched that yesterday.  I think a big part of this is the Homeschool lobby wants the money to flow into their for profit curriculum by getting homeschool parents to request the vouchers to pay for online classes.

Same shit Rick Perry was doing with A&M 10+ years ago. 


homeschooling parents are going to pocket that money, not turn around and give it away

 

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homeschooling parents are going to pocket that money, not turn around and give it away
 

What’ll happen is that many will take the money and then next week send the kids to public school anyway. You can’t turn the kids away even though that funding is now gone.
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2 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Private school in Austin has no teachers and kids are taught by AI. Tuition is still $40,000.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/schools/alpha-private-school-austin-artificial-intelligence/

Man....I really, really wish I wasn't burdened with a conscience.  Because nothing would make me happier than ripping off morons to the tune of $40k per student.....but I'd feel guilty about the kid getting the shaft.

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8 minutes ago, safe sex said:

Link is dead

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/schools/alpha-private-school-austin-artificial-intelligence/269-4222fbd9-acc6-4447-9e46-e1a15bca443f

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AUSTIN, Texas — Alpha private school leaders believe AI learning paired with life skill courses will be the standard for modern schools in the future. The school doesn't have teachers but instead uses what it calls "guides."

"We don't have teachers," said Alpha private school cofounder MacKenzie Price. "Now, what we do have is a lot of adults who are in the room engaging with these kids, working as coaches. So they're helping the kids get clear on what are some goals that they're working on, what are they doing academically? What are they interested in? How can we really turn on that spark for learning?"

To learn core subjects, the students work one-on-one with artificial intelligence for the first two hours of the day. It's app-based AI tutoring.

"So it's the educational information that regular schools are also teaching with, but AI apps are feeding them to students at the appropriate level and pace that they need," said Price.

It goes as far as AI-created historical figures explaining their own histories with basic comprehension quizzes.

Fifth grader Byron loves the instant feedback he said he didn't get in public school. 

"It explains a detailed explanation of why the correct answer is correct, not just saying, 'Oh, here's your correct answer,'" said Byron. "It'll say, 'You can answer the question this way next time.'"

Price said the lessons are customized for every student to make sure they are being challenged. She said, for example, "We'll have a 7-year-old kid who's maybe at an eighth-grade reading level, but that doesn't mean they should be reading eighth-grade material," said Price. "So one of the things that's great about a lot of the AI technology we have is we can, say, provide reading material at this certain Lexile level, which is eighth grade, but appropriate for a 7-year-old kid." 

Price said the apps can also deliver information using topics students are interested in to keep them involved. If the AI feels the student isn't comprehending a portion of a lesson at a particular level, it will review that material with the student.

"In a normal classroom, you know, kids move on after a certain amount of time, no matter if they've mastered or not," said Price. 

 

This style of learning goes for 12th graders down to kindergarteners. 

"I think it's making me actually learn things, not just looking at things I've already seen," said Byron. 

Price said in their two hours of learning core material, their research shows the students learn twice as much as standard schools do in six hours.

"They take the Maps test, which is a national test that's taken by 5 million students across the country," said Price. "They do that in fall, winter and spring. That's how we're able to measure academic progress."

The other six hours of the day are set aside for learning life skills like public speaking, overcoming rejection, grit and robotics.

Walking around the school, we saw a third grader assembling an Ikea drawer. He had to complete it within an hour to pass the test. We also saw a class of 11-year-olds writing and submitting college admission essays.

"They don't know our age, so they're going to let us know if he would accept us into the school," said student Eddie. "If he said yes, or she, we will get a check [pass the test]."

The school is riddled with affirmations on the wall, and at the end of the day, they give shout-outs to each other for being helpful.

So far, Alpha has 250 students across all three campuses, with two located in Austin. The school was founded in 2014. 

Tuition is $40,000 a year. Price said about 75% of their students are on some form of financial aid. 

 

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To be fair, I would have loved the hell outta that as a student.

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I’ve long predicted that the state of Texas will eventually have 1 state-wide teacher for every subject. They either film or live broadcast 1 teacher per subject into every classroom for that subject. You back it up with an even lower paid teacher aide who is either assisting the students in the classroom, or effectively baby sitting them.

it also allows complete control of the message to each student.

school districts would love it because Abbott and GQP will pick up the cost of the teacher.

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2 hours ago, miguelito said:

The real tragedy is that those kids will never understand Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher."

OR... Once AI interfaces with pornhub... 

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1 hour ago, NWBuck said:

OR... Once AI interfaces with pornhub... 

1-off working session.

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On 7/28/2023 at 7:52 AM, Dahobbs said:

I'm confident when I say that the PragerU stuff is the most concerning. It isn't just "the destruction of the education system," it's the replacement of it with a system designed to indoctrinate, precisely what certain groups have said they are against. Watch the video I posted. It is beyond disturbing. 

They dropped this little nugget this week

 

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21 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

They dropped this little nugget this week

 

Feels like PragerU is missing a business line. They should be offering up PragerKidz and PragerHigh. Sell video subscriptions to certain private schools and parents homeschooling. Profit.

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On 11/2/2023 at 9:47 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Feels like PragerU is missing a business line. They should be offering up PragerKidz and PragerHigh. Sell video subscriptions to certain private schools and parents homeschooling. Profit.

That's what they are doing.

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26 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Moms 4 Liberty are modem day nazis …

 

Regular, reasonable people need to vote. There is a major effort to take over school districts by these types of groups. They are the actual people that want to indoctrinate the kids. 

There is a place to argue what library and classroom materials are given to school children. Differing opinions may all be valid. But trying to get the librarians arrested for porn distribution?

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i just read the DT thread on the Prosper football stadium debacle. oh the irony of people arguing Texas schools aren't that bad while still undoubtedly supporting the desperate 'need' for vouchers. 

so transparent. sometimes the hypocrisy is just over the top 🙄 

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On 11/7/2023 at 11:21 AM, pacman said:

35 seconds of dead silence..hilarious

 

Fuck em that’s why. What the farmers gonna vote for someone without a (R) to their name 

Family Feud Lol GIF by Steve Harvey

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So, how fucked is AISD and the other districts that pay into Robin Hood now that 100 counties, with an average home value of under $100,000, will effectively pay no property taxes?  That has to be a fuck load of rural districts that will now be on Austin's tit.

I also don't know if that new homestead exemption applies to other property taxes but all those local EMS/Fire/Water districts are proper fucked now also.

 

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22 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

So, how fucked is AISD and the other districts that pay into Robin Hood now that 100 counties, with an average home value of under $100,000, will effectively pay no property taxes?  That has to be a fuck load of rural districts that will now be on Austin's tit.

I also don't know if that new homestead exemption applies to other property taxes but all those local EMS/Fire/Water districts are proper fucked now also.

 

I think that only applies to school taxes.  It doesn't apply to ESDs and such.  My department would be screwed if that was the case.  

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42 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

So, how fucked is AISD and the other districts that pay into Robin Hood now that 100 counties, with an average home value of under $100,000, will effectively pay no property taxes?  That has to be a fuck load of rural districts that will now be on Austin's tit.

I also don't know if that new homestead exemption applies to other property taxes but all those local EMS/Fire/Water districts are proper fucked now also.

 

 

Well, supposedly the lege earmarked money (if the amendment passed) to make up for that shortfall. I'll give you two to one odds that money won't cover the shortfall. And even if it does cover the shortfall, this amendment is now permanently in the constitution (unless it gets revoked-lol), and that earmark was for only two years.

 

And Leroy is correct, its only school taxes that get the new homestead exemption. County taxes and whatever else aren't changed by this amendment.

 

 

 

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On 11/6/2023 at 10:55 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Regular, reasonable people need to vote. There is a major effort to take over school districts by these types of groups. They are the actual people that want to indoctrinate the kids. 

There is a place to argue what library and classroom materials are given to school children. Differing opinions may all be valid. But trying to get the librarians arrested for porn distribution?

No surprise, but it was all a ruse by the M4L crowd..

https://popular.info/p/how-moms-for-liberty-and-a-notorious



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