Hmm. Did not see an MLP related excuse coming.

I know you didn’t ask me, but I’d like to reply as well (5 years h.s. math teacher, now a PhD student that has worked w teachers). Common Core is a really good list that pushes us forward (though frankly it doesn’t go far enough) in math understanding, but the larger problem is that a lot of math teachers including my…

I wanted to google something related to this and I came up with the following: 97% of teachers in Massachusetts (where I teach) are white, there is a lower percentage of teachers of color now than there were pre-1954, and “In some American cities, the odds that a Black male student will be taught by a Black male…

I don't think we do enough to prepare teachers and we need better mentoring programs. Teaching is hard and a lot of places have a sink or swim approach.

I went to training this week to explain the math common core standards. It was full of teachers and I was one of only three people of color there. The other two women were in my carpool. There is something wrong with that. Students need to see people like them as teachers.

I too am pretty redneck and vote Democrat. Maybe you guys just don’t realize we’re out here if you look.

I get that they previously only thought that sexual transmission occurred only from males to females and not vise versa but it is still surprising that with the magnitude of this public health crisis they weren’t exploring and testing every option from the get go with the attitude of “just in case” because this has…

I wonder if she knows and/or cares that a large swath of her base supports her by default.

My father is on the board of a democratic club, and about one fifth of the main members are hard leftists. They genuinely desire a purity movement to create a pure leftist, “progressive” party that refuses to compromise with anyone on any policy for any reason. They would rather that the Democratic Party never elect a…

people confuse campaigning with real life. “omg person 1 said something negative in their campaign against person 2, there’s NO WAY THEY LIKE EACH OTHER!”

Obama made a concession because something is better than nothing. You are making perfect the enemy of good.

Depends on what you mean by “fight the banks.” Like, dismantle them and then there’s just no more banks? No, of course not. But she has put forward a comprehensive financial reform agenda that takes the Obama/Dodd-Frank scheme of regulations and strengthens its framework, while adding things like stronger capital…

My friends have actually said they’d rather see the system burn down than see Hillary elected. They believe Trump will burn the system down, and before him, believed Sanders would do the same. They’re wrong, of course: fascists don’t destroy or cede power structures, they coopt them. God but I wish Sanders hadn’t used…

This is bringing out the left-wing conspiracy nuts just like the Birthers and their ilk oozed out on the Right years back.

More like “if I can’t get that toy that I want, but could have a toy that is remarkably similar to that toy and seems to be trying pretty hard to adopt that toy’s most appealing features, I will instead choose to roll around in a big pile of dog crap, douse myself in kerosene, and set myself on fire.”

i think people were upset because she has her own policies and agenda that won out in the general population and this guy was trying to use his leverage to enact his own policies. like, dude. you arent the winner. you dont get to play this game. granted, i am enthused that this bit about medicare for all and the…

“I want Honey Nut Cheerios”

Congrats on your good fortune in finding sane Republicans. They’re about as common as unicorns these days. Every Republican I know is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, hypocritically religious, and deeply ignorant of real history, science, and politics. They’re also deeply proud of the idiotic and…

I just read that Red State article. I was surprised my iPhone didn’t pop up a warning before going to that site that said “damn girl are you feeling ok?” But it was thoughtful and well written.

Some of you should try and become leaders in the conservative movement, because it appears that you’re a tiny minority. Joe Walsh’s tweet is getting a lot more attention than Newt’s.