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January 18, 2023

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• 70.8% of SSC/ACX readers went to free government schools, 12.1% went to secular private-sector schools, 11.3% went to religious private-sector schools, 3.1% were home schooled, and 0.4% were unschooled.
• Home schoolers had the highest satisfaction with their schooling (7.04) and SAT scores (verbal: 756, math: 722).
• Life satisfaction was highest among home schoolers (6.72) and religious schoolers (6.65). Social satisfaction was highest among private schoolers (6.00).
• Home schoolers were more likely to be single (44%) than public schoolers (39%).
• Controlling for religion, home schoolers had lower life satisfaction (6.33) and were more likely to be single (48.6%) than public schoolers (40.4%).
• Home schoolers were not more likely to have changed their gender (3.2%) or have used psychedelics 5+ times (7.6%) than public schoolers (2.4% and 12.4%, respectively).
• Unschooling had the lowest life, social, and romantic satisfaction, and were most likely to be single.

Published January 18, 2023

Visit Astral Codex Ten to read Scott Alexander’s original post SSC Survey Results On Schooling Types

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Can I Wear a MAGA Hat To My Government Job? [Ken White, Popehat]

By Spencer Chen

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January 12, 2023

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• The Ninth Circuit recently ruled in Dodge v. Evergreen School District that Eric Dodge, a sixth-grade teacher from Vancouver, Washington, was entitled to a trial on his claim that school district officials violated his First Amendment rights by threatening to discipline him for wearing a MAGA hat to teacher training.
• The First Amendment protects public employees differently depending on whether the government is wearing its sovereign hat or its employer hat.
• To show a violation of the First Amendment, a public employee must show that the state actor engaged in an “adverse employment action” against the plaintiff as a result of their speech.
• The government must establish that it had a legitimate administrative interest in preventing or punishing the speech that outweighed the employee’s interest in exercising their First Amendment rights.
• The more the employee’s speech resembles core First Amendment expression (like political speech), the harder it is for the government to make this showing.
• Even when First Amendment rights are violated, there may not be a remedy due to the judicially created doctrine of “qualified immunity.”

Published January 12, 2023. Visit Popehat to read Ken White’s original post.

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Florida English teacher pushing book bans is openly racist and homophobic, students allege [Judd Legum, Popular Information]

By Spencer Chen

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January 9, 2023

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• Vicki Baggett, an English teacher at Northview High School in Florida, is pushing for the Escambia County School District to remove nearly 150 books from school libraries, claiming they could make white students “feel uncomfortable.”
• Former and current students allege Baggett openly promoted racist and homophobic beliefs in class, including opposing interracial marriage and questioning why black people get tattoos in black ink.
• Baggett is also a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and defended posting an image of the Confederate Flag to her Facebook page.
• Baggett has challenged books with LGBTQ themes, claiming they promote the “LGBTQ agenda.”
• A Northview parent emailed the principal in 2019 objecting to Baggett’s classroom conduct, including her comments that homosexuals are “DUMB/STUPID” and that men and women should “Know Their Role.”
• A current student in Baggett’s 12th grade English class alleges Baggett played an audio version of A Good Man Is Hard to Find that included the unredacted racial slur.
• The Escambia County School District condemned any form of discriminatory speech but did not answer questions about Baggett’s behavior.

Published January 9, 2023. Visit Popular Information to read Judd Legum’s original post.

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“Don’t Say Gay”: Florida schools purge library books with LGBTQ characters [Judd Legum, Popular Information]

By Spencer Chen

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January 5, 2023

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• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Parental Rights in Education Act in March 2022, which critics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
• Despite DeSantis’ claims that the bill only prohibits “sexual instruction” directed at young students, several Florida schools have already removed books with LGBTQ characters from their libraries, citing the Parental Rights in Education Act.
• The Florida Department of Education is currently in the process of developing a training for school librarians regarding the selection of library materials, which encourages librarians to remove books with LGBTQ themes from elementary school libraries by conflating the standards for instructional materials and library books.
• A group of LGBTQ students and their parents have filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Published January 5, 2023. Visit Popular Information to read Judd Legum’s original post.

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TagEducation (K-12)

SSC Survey Results On Schooling Types [Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten]

Can I Wear a MAGA Hat To My Government Job? [Ken White, Popehat]

Florida English teacher pushing book bans is openly racist and homophobic, students allege [Judd Legum, Popular Information]

“Don’t Say Gay”: Florida schools purge library books with LGBTQ characters [Judd Legum, Popular Information]

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