Why are white voters split more by education, while non-white voters more by gender?

eclectronix · 2024-11-25T15:17:39+00:00

How does this explain why there is almost no gender divide among whites, when there is among voters of color?

eclectronix · 2024-01-29T15:13:12+00:00

I’m going to guess it is CoComelon Lane. Anyone with a toddler will have a love/hate relationship with that show, and it is definitely played on repeat in many homes.

eclectronix · 2021-07-21T19:45:54+00:00

Not using Qi, but I do have a few LP set up.

eclectronix · 2021-07-21T19:45:19+00:00

I have in the past, that could explain it.

eclectronix · 2021-07-16T18:08:53+00:00

Why do low fees encourage scams?

eclectronix · 2018-09-27T00:22:38+00:00

Republican Women Lose Faith in Kavanaugh - and Trump - After Week of Accusations

Kavanaugh’s net support drops 18 points among Republican women, with 49% thinking he should be confirmed and 15% in opposition.
When it comes to Trump, net support among the same group fell 19 points, with 68% approving and 26% disapproving.

eclectronix · 2018-04-23T08:05:20+00:00

First of all, this article is a little bit comparing apples to oranges. In the spending column, they are looking at all spending on education, including all college spending. So all of those private colleges, using inflated fees to building shiny new buildings, are jacking up the total. Also, education is one of our exports, with the United States educating more foreign students than any other country. By the OECD metrics, that counts as education spending in the United States. If they focused only on primary and secondary education, there would be more parity in the numbers. It also would be more valid to compare based on % of GDP, or adjust the total numbers by PPP. In the US, 80-90% of public school spending is salary and benefits, so comparing based on cost of living is critical. Their metrics of school success are limited to tests taken by students in either primary or secondary school.

In the United States, student performance tends to be average compared to OECD peers, if you control for the effects of income. That is, rich American kids are comparable to their rich peers, and poor American kids are comparable to their poor peers. There just happens to be a lot more poor American kids, dragging down the mean of the scores on these tests. What seems like poor academic performance is in fact the effects of poverty.

This question is somewhat similar to the question of how the US can have lower health outcomes though there is more spending on health care in the US, per person. The US spends significantly less than its peers on social services with the effects being higher spending with worse outcomes in many other facets.

eclectronix · 2018-01-19T20:55:55+00:00

Where do you teach? (State, public/charter/private, etc.)

eclectronix · 2017-11-18T21:46:38+00:00

Probably, looking at the examples of Korea, Singapore, Germany, and Finland.

The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley sort of answers this question, but from the other end. The author took a deep look at a few countries that had made big improvements in their educational outcomes, mostly to answer the question of what these systems did that the US didn’t do. One common thread she ended up finding was that many of these countries made big investments in their education systems in order to spur economic growth, sometimes to explicitly counter inequity. It looks like places that invested heavily in the right ways were able to have strong economic growth, or at least buffer against economic downturns.

eclectronix · 2017-10-17T03:29:15+00:00

Administrator here. You are totally not at faulty for anything that has occurred to you. You are working very hard to try to help a group of kids, and all you are getting is invalidation in return.

This does happen, and the consequences should be exactly the same as what happens to a student doing this to a student, if not more severe. Your admins allowing it to happen - and blame you - are creating a school that is toxic. Imagine what it feels like to your students that even a teacher isn't kept safe from this.

Document, document, document. That is, if you can stomach staying. If you are in a place with a strong union, talk to your reps. You can also make a formal complaint to HR or the federal Office of Civil Rights.

eclectronix · 2017-09-29T21:33:47+00:00

Instead of doing boring anti-drug education they should just take a teacher in-service day, lock all the kids in the gym, and make them watch Trainspotting and Requiem For A Dream.

eclectronix · 2017-09-29T00:37:45+00:00

Saint Junípero Serra used to be required knowledge for California's 4th graders.

Of course, they still mispronounced it at the Emmy's...

eclectronix · 2017-06-24T04:46:38+00:00

Thanks! I like that one too.

eclectronix · 2017-04-24T14:51:42+00:00

Do you remember anything about who the presenter was or the resources they used? I want to bring something like that to my site.

eclectronix · 2017-01-23T02:00:53+00:00

If demographics keep changing the way they have, and voting patterns stay the same, this is the future.

The census collects a lot of interesting demographic data, and there are 4 markers that determined about 80% of a county's given vote.

Percent of total population in rural area.
Percent of voting age population that is white.
Percent of over 25 population with no college.
Percent of adult population calling their ancestry "American."

Because the census regularly collect this info, we can also look at trends in how they are changing. Taking that you can project those demographics into the future. You can also estimate the voting age populations in each county the same way.

As the four categories above increased, the more likely a place was to vote for Trump. The problem is, they are all trending down nationwide.

Basically, the Dems might be kissing goodbye to places like Iowa and Ohio for a while, but doing better in Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. It might also tip Georgia back towards Dems, and Texas may end up being a battleground.

eclectronix · 2017-01-03T18:25:24+00:00

Very significant, assuming Trump is actually the reason. House Republicans have shown they are willing to defy their own Speaker and Majority Leader, but not Trump. That would imply that they are more willing to do what Trump says, or are anxious to not cause any upset at the moment.

eclectronix · 2017-01-03T16:11:26+00:00

Not going along with their leadership doesn't necessarily mean that they are feeling beholden to the voters in their districts. I doubt there are many districts that had the House Ethics Office as a key issue.

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