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eximius | 4 months ago

There is (some) truth to this but it fundamentally _does not_ replace foundational learning.

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reactordev|4 months ago

Not saying it does but what I am saying is it’s not two brackets anymore. It’s not Math & Literacy defined by one’s ability to do long divisional polynomials and identify the problematic grammar of some sub paragraph from a book from 1880s.

The reality is the testing and scores don’t reflect reality and everyone’s in arms over it instead of looking at the testing methodology.

eximius|4 months ago

But they do reflect ones ability to learn to get to the heights of education where you can be trusted to wield the new tools wisely.