Berkeley High School is in the midst of a difficult debate over the elimination of science labs and five science teachers to shift resources to help struggling students. Some have objected that the science courses primarily help white students and should be reduced to add greater “equity” for struggling and minority students.
The school board insists that it is merely trying to spread resources to benefit the more students and to create a “less stressful” environment.
What is curious is that the school’s data page shows that the student body is roughly 37% white, so that it would not be surprising to see a large number of white students in any class. Moreover, Mardi Sincular-Mertens, who has taught science at BHS for 24 years, said that there are twelve African-American males in her AP classes and that her four environmental science classes are 17.5 percent African American and 13.9 percent Latino.
It seems to me that cutting such science classes is a bizarre response given the efforts to train our students for the 21st Century world. Other countries are putting far greater emphasis on math and science and we are already seeing the impact of this educational gap. The minority community in particular is at risk of being underprepresented in the science field — the most promising careers in the decade to come.
The story also reminds us of the continued reduction of educational programs and the sale of public buildings and parks as the government continues to burn through billions of dollars in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, here. I have personally heard of science and other programs being cut out in my area due to a lack of funding as billions simply evaporate abroad, including continued allegations of corruption.
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“please explain how CO2 accumulates? Plants and algae capture quite a bit, I believe it is converted to sugars for energy.”
Oooh, photosynthesis, everyone forgot about that. Yeah that solves all our problems, right?
The CO2 concentration always seesaws up and down over time in a normal sawtooth pattern year by year as plants and algae consume CO2 via photosynthesis during spring/summer and animals/fungi/bacteria decompose sugars via respiration/fermentation during fall/winter. The ppm/time graph takes a sawtooth pattern. Only recently has the sawtooth started to tilt upward as counterfeit CO2 gets dug up from deep underground and injected into the carbon economy. Atmospheric CO2 in ppm still falls sharply during spring/summer (as you observe) but then it rises more sharply and slightly overcompensates during fall/winter because it’s been helped along by bullshit CO2 that’s constantly been trickling in the whole time.
Widely published biographies say Obama lived in Indonesia from 1967 through 1971, and none mention his third-grade year at Noelani, Inoue acknowledges. But he said Obama attended at least part of his third-grade year at Noelani in 1969, perhaps during a visit back to Hawaii, and moved away.
Yesterday
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091228_third_grade_photo_captures_obamas_grin.html
Gyges,
Amen!
Byron,
Have you ever compared BDAman’s rants on Climate Change and his rants on Obama’s Birth Certificate? It might be enlightening.
An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Delhi said: “It looked a little uncertain on Saturday, but Sunday’s further fall seems to have sealed the deal, with the minimum temperature likely to be around 10 degrees Celsius by Wednesday.
It could turn out to be the COLDEST Calcutta winter EVER.”
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091228/jsp/calcutta/story_11915674.jsp
Too much CO2 will make it hot, Too much CO2 will make it cold
Maybe just the right amount will make it comfy. I guess thats why they want to regulate it. Money and profits have nothing to do with it.
By the way since this debate has been going on, I think the level of CO2 in the atmosphere must have increased by quite a bit however I fail to see any significant warming. Maybe thats why they had to move the goal post.
As I said before if global warming will cause all kinds of unusual climate experiences, Even blizzards as you or the government scientist, which we are at number three for the U.S. so far with more on the way. Then it has to have an overall negative effect on any warming there was. So it’s a good thing.
Yea for Climate Change
No, because first it was the more CO2 that is released into the atmosphere the hotter the planet will get.
AANNNT, wrong answer, didn’t happen. The planet is now in a cooling phase and has been for ten years.
Then it was, the hotter the temperature gets, the more the ocean will heat up, causing more intense and frequent hurricanes that will be more powerful and destructive, causing untold billions of dollars worth of destruction and the untold numbers of loss of life.
ANNNT, wrong answer, hasn’t happened. In fact we are at a thirty year low, two years in a row for worldwide activity. In fact the number of cold core tropical systems has increased over the last several years giving more proof of cooling.
Now it’s the more CO2 that gets released the more snow and cold weather events we are going to have.
So over the thirty years this debate has been going, on just about everything, the government and their government paid scientist were wrong.
Thats why in a nut shell.
I’ll take the advice of an old man such as William Gray who has studied the atmosphere for over fifty years. I’ll take the advice of Joe Bastardi who’s long range forecast are always, always right on vs the UKMET Office or the CRU.
In the seventies, the government scientist warned us of Global Cooling, they were wrong, it warmed. Then they warned us of Global Warming, they were wrong, it’s cooling.
So you believe what you will my goal post don’t keep changin with the wind.
Bdaman:
isnt the IPCC info suspect at this point?
Bdaman,
A circular argument? Why, because you don’t like the facts from this government report? Is yours and Orly Taitz ridiculous argument about the birthplace of Obama also a Circular argument?
I hate to bog down Prof.Turley’s site with long quotes, but maybe this quote from the report will tell us all about the sources used in this report:
“The report draws from a large body of scientific information. The foundation of this report is a set of 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAPs), which were designed to address key policy-relevant issues in climate science (see page 161); several of these were also summarized in the Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on the United States published in 2008. In addition, other peer-reviewed scientific assessments were used, including those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.S. National Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board report on the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation, and a variety of regional climate impact assessments. These assessments were augmented with government statistics as necessary (such as population census and energy usage) as well as publicly available observations and peer-reviewed research published through the end of 2008. This new work was carefully selected by the author team with advice from expert reviewers to update key aspects of climate change science relevant to this report. The icons on the bottom of this page represent some of the major sources drawn upon for this synthesis report. On the first page of each major section, the sources primarily drawn upon for that section are shown using these icons. Endnotes, indicated by superscript numbers and compiled at the end of the book, are used for specific references throughout the report.
Endnotes, indicated by superscript numbers and compiled at the end of the book, are used for specific references throughout the report.” http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/full-report/about-this-report
Once again, I apologize for the length, but sometimes being factual takes some time and space.
Rafflaw Thanks it’s called a circular argument, the sad part is they are using you as the pivot man.
Bdaman,
I gave you information earlier on another thread that educated you, if you read it, that global warming will cause all kinds of unusual climate experiences. Even blizzards. Since you probably didn’t read it the first time I linked to it; here it is again: http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts Here is one quote from that report as noted by Think Progress: ‘”“Cold-season storm tracks are shifting northward and the strongest storms are likely to become stronger and more frequent.” ‘ http://thinkprogress.org/tag/global-warming/ I am sure that you will want to read it for yourself. How is your BFF Orly Taitz doing these days?
Come on Byron, you know, Cow farts, pig farts all those wood destroying organisms, family pets, not to mention those who burn coal and oil.
I read a report the other day that pets contribute more CO2 than all SUV’s combined. I say get rid of them all, it’s the only way we can stop the oceans from rising twenty feet. I also think we should set a life limit, no one should live past the age of 65. Do you realize how much money could be saved. Oh and outlaw cremations, burials only, no caskets.
Wonder what would happen if we all drove hydrogen cars. Dropping lots of water on hot pavement. I get all steamed up just talking about it. Maybe thas why Chu pulled it from anymore discussion.
maverratick:
please explain how CO2 accumulates? Plants and algae capture quite a bit, I believe it is converted to sugars for energy.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
“Global warming” is an old name. H2O is not the issue because it condenses to liquid and its concentration remains at the equilibrium vapor pressure; CO2 remains a gas and just accumulates. (Why can’t intelligent people be the ones who post as many posts in a row as you do?)
New York city froze solid, this is all expected and a result of global warming.
I’m waiting on the new classification of a new snowflake called a Gloflake.
Bdaman:
It isn’t about global warming but “climate change”.
Come on, didn’t you see the “Day After Tomorrow”?
New York city froze solid, this is all expected and a result of global warming.
Would Phil and Michael lie? I think those emails were probably forged by the Russians or Chinese. Now that is the real “Climate-gate” story.
Communist Chinese and corrupt Russian Mafia sink global war on heat. Now we are all sweating.
What is facing the major population centers of the northern hemisphere is unlike anything that we have seen since the global warming debate got to the absurd level it is now, which essentially has been there is no doubt about all this.
For cold of a variety not seen in over 25 years in a large scale is about to engulf the major energy consuming areas of the northern Hemisphere. The first 15 days of the opening of the New Year will be the coldest, population weighted, north of 30 north world wide in over 25 years.
Joe Bastardi Accuweather.com
Since you’ve linked to infected sites before, bdaspam, I can’t imagine why your link postings would get flagged for moderation. So . . .
Awwwwwwww.
You’ll just have to wait a bit to spread your distortionist scientifically illiterate flim-flam to work.
Life is full of little disappointments. Ask Mrs. Rove.
Hummm, by their own admission global warming only covers 10 to 20 percent of grid boxes. I thought it was Global Warming
From: Phil Jones
To: rbradley@xxxxxxxxx.xxx,mhughes@xxxxxxxxx.xxx,srutherford@xxxxxxxxx.xxx, “Michael E. Mann” ,tcrowley@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Fwd: Soon & Baliunas
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:49:22 +0000
Cc: k.briffa@xxxxxxxxx.xxx,jto@u.arizona.edu,drdendro@xxxxxxxxx.xxx,
Even with the instrumental record,
the early and late
20th century warming periods are only significant locally at between
10-20% of grid boxes.
Writing this I am becoming more convinced we should do something –
even if this is just
to state once and for all what we mean by the LIA and MWP. I think the
skeptics will use
this paper to their own ends and it will set paleo back a number of years
if it goes
unchallenged.
I will be emailing the journal to tell them I’m having nothing more
to do with it until they
rid themselves of this troublesome editor. A CRU person is on the
editorial board, but papers
get dealt with by the editor assigned by Hans von Storch.
Cheers
Phil
Note: I had to edit one e-mail address. It put my comment into moderation.
I’ll see if I can keep a running list of events since Climategate. The scandal that the e-mails were just taken out of context.
Climategate- Hide the decline
Phil Jones- CRU steps aside investigation underway
Michael Mann- Penn State University, investigation underway
William Connolley- canned as Wiki administrator confirmed
Copenhagen- no binding agreement
Russia- confirms CRU manipulated data
World- temperatures have plummeted worldwide with major records broken and more on the way.
ADD
Australia- Cap and Tax voted down-no confidence
France- Cap and Tax ruled unconstitutional