He's had it explained to him in fairly short words, hasn't he? (View Post)

Even more than usual, we simply don't know what America will be like in three years time. It's possible that MAGA ideas and people have decisively won the argument- or that MAGA ideas and p… (View Post)

Two possible counterpoints. First- Trump wasn't fit to be the candidate. But it wasn't in the interest of anyone important to say that out loud. Those who did were shunned. Second- having g… (View Post)

And that's getting close to the heart of the matter. Improving schools from here is difficult. @DavidL (?) was right to highlight the cheerful incompetence of many schools a few decades back, wh… (View Post)

But it's like everything else- once a measure becomes a target, it stops working as a measure. There are only so many questions you can ask in IQ-like tests, and coaching and familiarity with th… (View Post)