Posted on 08/31/2023 9:12:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
So the smart kids will be channeled to Khan school. I wonder what Captain Kirk will have to say about that.
The president of CDI (Controlled Demolition Incorporated) was interviewed in a documentary on the subject. They showed a demolition job that went wrong, with chunks of concrete flying into nearby buildings, through windows, etc.
The CDI president drily said "Our competitors usually take themselves out."
In other words, reality will intervene. May be painful, as reality often is.
“There’s just a certain community that doesn’t push its children and we all know what that community is.”
If they want outreach to that community they need to offer a “drug dealing corner boy internship”.
It is amazing how good kids get at math when they are highly motivated.
;-)
I am a pharmacist now retired. If my university did not require me to take, chem, physics, calculus, bio, zoology, etc. would you trust me as your pharmacist?
Not to mention getting tax money from a continually ripped off electorate.
Drops calculus, chemistry and physics requirements.
Sure Sally it’s okay to use Ajax with bleach when you clean things.
bttt
“But not having it available in high school isn’t a free pass – a student still has to take course and pass a subject certification exam, or Caltech will also accept a score of 5 on AP exams and a score of 6 or 7 on International Baccalaureate exams … The ability has to be proven prior to being accepted.”
The article sounds positive, so I don’t understand the concern here.
Caltech isn’t only recommending Khan Academy. It’s requiring Schoolhouse.world certification.
University of Chicago also accepts credit from Schoolhouse.world.
The same way universities have been accepting credit from other “free” online course websites, like Coursera.
What Caltech is doing isn’t different from what other universities have been doing.
Many of you are hung up on words like “equity.” It’s just the newest buzzword people throw around. Ignore it.
With this change at Caltech, homeschoolers can earn credit through Schoolhouse.world.
You can pull your kids out of public school, and your kids can earn credit through “free” online courses.
This is good news for people who want to break away from public school.
Sources:
https://coda.io/@shw/caltech-course-requirements
https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/files/documents/schoolhouse-certification.pdf
https://www.admissions.caltech.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/homeschooled-applicants
I can understand not teaching calculus at some high schools as it’s more advanced math than the regular curriculum, but physics and chemistry? Do they just skip science class for three of the four years? What else would they possible teach? Three years of biology?
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