I have one thought about this study questioning the value of Advanced Placement testing. I graded AP U.S. History exams for 3 years. The pass rate was about 55% (assuming a 3 is a pass). I would argue the number of students who wrote a...
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In blogiverse terms, this story is about a relevant as a joke about a semen-stained blue dress. But it broke before Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad and Dad.
This is an interesting essay on the Malick Effect, which can be summed as up people copying Terence Malick by having hands run through grain for effect: That Green was.
Photoshopping really is the right-wing dog whistler's favorite tool. A conservative group connected to Colorado’s Secretary of State has been sending political mailers — including a picture of a darker-skinned woman whose face was digitally removed and replaced with a white woman’s face — in...
Attewell is brilliant, as per usual; SEK is scattered, as per usual. Enjoy! Us talking about it in the .mp3 of formats for them that prefer such. Our very civilized.
The Rhode Island Senate has passed a marriage equality bill by a 26-12 vote. Governor Lincoln Chaffee has already come out in support of it. After a long battle played.
This is a guest post by Steven Attewell, my co-host-who-does-most-of-the-heavy-lifting on our Game of Thrones podcasts, in which he discusses military strategy in a way that Rob's more fit to comment on than I. It was discussed in both this and last week's podcasts, so...
Just wanted to post a brief message to let the LGM commentariat know that Akismet is acting wonky today and is putting some of your comments in spam, even if.
Shorter Dylan Byers: "Dean Baquet punching a wall proves that Jill Abramson is too flighty and hot-tempered to be a boss. A chick in a position of authority is unnatural,.
James Taranto makes an argument that has become increasingly common as opponents of legal abortion try the essentially impossible task of making supporters of legal abortion responsible for Kermit Gosnell's illegal abortion clinic. His strategy is to try to make the disgraceful regulatory neglect shown...
We don't hear too many stories anymore like last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, where the death toll has now risen to 15. This is because we have.
Lame ducks don't get much lamer than Rex Ryan. If you're going to tank, you should tank right -- MORE TEBOW. I think this year they should really try to.