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Fri Oct 08 15:39:20 +0000 2021

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Ignorant question flag, but: Has any school system ever tried simply grouping students into math classes based on how much math they already know rather than sorting by age, and then declaring a minority of the kids "gifted"? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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Progressives have their reasons for pressing an ambitious, transformative policy agenda. But if you take any of these accounts seriously they all add up to the conclusion that it’s very politically risky. Maybe worth it, depending on how bad you think losing would be. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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I think this is the right anti-popularist take to offer if you want to go down that road — maybe winning elections isn't so important? But one would have to reconcile that view with "Trumpified GOP is an incipient fascist movement" takes. https://t.co/dPEBRD010f — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Elections are super-important, particularly right now. But I tried to explain why they can't be the only or dominan… https://t.co/LYuaI6vcyj

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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