Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Fred Bauer Profile picture
@fredbauerblog
Jul 6, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Scrolly
Here are 29 pages promulgated by the state of Oregon laying out standards for "social sciences integrated with ethnic studies." Whether you like it or not, states already have granular requirements for education. oregon.gov/ode/educator-r…
Here's one of the standards for kindergarten:
For first grade:
For second grade:
Here are some high school standards:
More high school:
And one more high school:
The point here is not whether or not they are good standards. It's that they are granular, non-neutral standards. They enshrine a certain intellectual approach.
So to say that it's "un-American" for some people to want to have different standards misses how US public education currently works (policymakers are already imposing standards, some with significant ideological weight).

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Fred Bauer

Fred Bauer Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @fredbauerblog

Fred Bauer Profile picture
Nov 16
I see this fact tossed around a lot--that much of Western Europe does not put fluoride in its public drinking water.

That's true but incomplete. In many European countries, fluoride is added to salt, so Europeans are still ingesting fluoride supplements, just in a different way. Image
In Germany, about 70% of the salt is fluoride-supplemented. It's even higher in Switzerland. tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108…
Thus, you can't compare cavity rates in Europe and the USA in order to "prove" that fluoridated water doesn't have a payoff for dental health (unless you also support putting fluoride in salt, too).
Read 5 tweets
Fred Bauer Profile picture
May 16
For @CityJournal, I dig into some of the challenges facing the Biden campaign.

Perhaps chief among them is the fact that Biden ran as the candidate for restoring "normalcy," but many Americans have seen a broader political unraveling during his presidency.

A 🧵.....
The intersection of the five I's has helped destabilize Biden's presidency: international instability, immigration, inflation, and identity.
On a level of raw polling, Biden has never recovered from the Afghanistan withdrawal, which shattered public confidence in his administration. Image
Read 7 tweets
Fred Bauer Profile picture
Dec 29, 2023
This decision reveals the constitutional fractures risked by a "self-executing 14th Amendment" strategy of ballot disqualification.

A quick 🧵
Bellows argues that she is not bound by usual rules of due process and can pretty much make up criteria for for an "insurrection" as she goes along.

The "self-executing 14A" strategy would mean a free-for-all of electoral officials creating their own 14A tests.
Here's one of the definitions she appeals to for what constitutes an "insurrection." Note how broad this is. Image
Read 9 tweets
Fred Bauer Profile picture
Dec 20, 2023
Back in January 2021, I said that, if it were successful, Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 election would have been a constitutional Rubicon.

In 2023, Trump's opponents have their own Rubicon moment: Using the 14th Amendment to start throwing candidates off the ballot.
There's a red flag in this opinion, when the narrow majority says it will not even try to offer a "single, all-encompassing definition" of an "insurrection."
A lack of definitional clarity means a lack of limiting principle for the radical proposal of kicking candidates off the ballot.
Read 10 tweets
Fred Bauer Profile picture
Sep 10, 2023
This kind of encapsulates the serious civic problems with the 14th Amendment strategy.

Going 14A is a radical break with tradition of open elections--political nitroglycerin.

Rather than being measured in talking about it, CO SoS slips into standard partisan massaging.
Big question proponents of 14A strategy have to reckon with: How does that simply not become a vehicle for partisan retribution and the breakdown of the electoral process?
There's a reason why even some of Trump's fiercest critics have objected to the 14A strategy. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Read 5 tweets
Fred Bauer Profile picture
Sep 28, 2021
One of the things used to hype Trump's supposed absolute domination of the GOP is that he hasn't "just gone away" after leaving office. But most presidents of past 30 years have continued to try to influence US politics (often w/family members) in a major way.
Bush 41: Two years after he lost reelection, his sons ran for governor in 2 of the biggest US states. GWB would later become US president.
Clinton: Wife became US senator once he left office and would later run for president in 2008 and 2016 (being D nominee in 2016).
Bush 43: Left office with Hoover levels of support and is really the only president in recent decades who comprehensively withdrew from public view after leaving office.
Obama: Helped select D nominees in both 2016 and 2020 and regularly involved in public debates.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

:(