The mere assertion that a claim made at the MPS website is "bogus, deceptive, insincere, and intellectually vacuous" does not prove that the MPS is a left-wing "progressive" organization.
Does the data show that reduced class sizes are not beneficial to all of the "races" which the MPS keeps track of? And if so, or if not, how is the statement bogus, deceptive, etc? And are left-wing, progressive organizations the only source of "bogus, deceptive, insincere, and intellectually vacuous" statements? According to The Merrium Webster Dictionary, the term progressive refers to "...a person believing in moderate political change and social improvement by governmental action..." and the term "Left" refers to "...those professing political views marked by desire to reform the established order and [usually] to give greater freedom to the common man." Though the Minneapolis School Board may be to the left of Michael Atherton, I would not classify the Minneapolis School Board as a left-wing, progressive organization. -Doug Mann, Kingfield http://educationright.tripod.com In a message dated 12/31/2002 12:46:40 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I believe that the Minneapolis Public School District > Administration is a left-wing "progressive" organization. > On their website, > http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/about/referendum_class_size.shtml, > they claim that their "Data shows that small class size > increases achievement for students of all races." This > is a totally bogus, deceptive, insincere, and intellectually > vacuous statement and anyone with a decent introductory > statistics class knows it. And they know it too. > > Now you can argue either that their statement is valid > (good luck), or that the Minneapolis Public School District > Administration is not a left-wing "progressive" organization > (likewise good luck). > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
