http://newledger.com/2009/10/science-and-its-enemies-on-the-left-part-i/ The New Ledger on News, Politics, and Market issues of the day. Welcome to the Know. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:39:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://newledger.com/2009/10/science-and-its-enemies-on-the-left-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 Batman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:45:33 +0000 http://newledger.com/?p=19940#comment-1304 This quote is the highlight of the piece for me, "The process of disinterested analysis of the evidence and testing of falsifiable hypotheses falls swiftly by the wayside." This stuff should be intuitively obvious.... This quote is the highlight of the piece for me, “The process of disinterested analysis of the evidence and testing of falsifiable hypotheses falls swiftly by the wayside.” This stuff should be intuitively obvious….

]]> http://newledger.com/2009/10/science-and-its-enemies-on-the-left-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 edirre Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:56:38 +0000 http://newledger.com/?p=19940#comment-1297 One of the many reasons for the acceptance of junk science can be attributed to the activities of the Department of Education. Unfunded mandates, psychobabble classifying of children into special education to deal with discipline, dumbing down of subject matter courses, loading of curricular with every "good idea"(sex education for elementary students) and the list goes on. <br>Has elementary and secondary education improved since the Department was created a few decades ago? One of the many reasons for the acceptance of junk science can be attributed to the activities of the Department of Education. Unfunded mandates, psychobabble classifying of children into special education to deal with discipline, dumbing down of subject matter courses, loading of curricular with every “good idea”(sex education for elementary students) and the list goes on.
Has elementary and secondary education improved since the Department was created a few decades ago?

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