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in 1930, researchers studied ability grouping and concluded you needed to adjust the curriculum to make it work in 1960, more confidently so then in 1990, they studied grouping without changing curriculum, concluded it was useless, and advocated to get rid of ability grouping
Miller, W. S., & Otto, H. J. (1930). Analysis of Experimental Studies in Homogeneous Grouping. The Journal of Educational Research, 21(2), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.1930.10880020

ALT Miller, W. S., & Otto, H. J. (1930). Analysis of Experimental Studies in Homogeneous Grouping. The Journal of Educational Research, 21(2), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.1930.10880020

Experimental Studies of Homogeneous Grouping: A Critical Review -Ruth B. Ekstrom The School Review Vol. 69, No. 2 (Summer, 1961), pp. 216-226

ALT Experimental Studies of Homogeneous Grouping: A Critical Review -Ruth B. Ekstrom The School Review Vol. 69, No. 2 (Summer, 1961), pp. 216-226

Slavin, Robert E., "Achievement effects of ability grouping in secondary schools: A best-evidence synthesis" (1990)

ALT Slavin, Robert E., "Achievement effects of ability grouping in secondary schools: A best-evidence synthesis" (1990)

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Several drugs have been pulled from the market because women took really high doses for the purposes of weight loss and something bad happened to them as a result. Phenylpropanolamine is an example of this. Women abused the drug and it got pulled globally based on weak studies.
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When people argue against something and they entirely miss the critical point, I'm actually less inclined to respond, since the issue with their arguments should be more obvious.
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A Yale historian tries to understand Trump voters. quillette.com/2024/11/28/tru…

Trump and the Academic Cocoon

A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external...

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If people don’t want us calling Amsterdam a ‘pogrom’ then let us call it a ‘Jew hunt’. This is what the perpetrators themselves proudly called it on camera. If you take issue with this term, please do feel free to take it up with them.
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