Canary in the Coal Mine - Day

12:53PM

"We are optimistic enough to believe that no administration, Left or Right, is going to impede the education of the brightest"

-The Bell Curve, page 92

Not so fast! Xi Jinping would like to thank the Commonwealth of Virginia for its kind assistance in hindering American advancement and thus abetting ascendant Chinese Communist Party hegemony:

Loudoun County school board member Ian Serotkin announced that the “Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative (VMPI),” is a “a sweeping initiative by the Virginia Department of Education to revamp the K-12 math curriculum statewide over the next few years” by “eliminat[ing] ALL math acceleration prior to 11th grade.” The VDOE website says that in addition to improving equity, the change will “[e]mpower students to be active participants in a quantitative world.”

11:29PM - William Marshner, “Politique d’Abord” (1970)