Comments on: Could you please stop trying to blind me with bad science? http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2009/04/26/could-you-please-stop-trying-to-blind-me-with-bad-science/ Theory is nice, but we are working in practice... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:13:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Larry Ferlazzo http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2009/04/26/could-you-please-stop-trying-to-blind-me-with-bad-science/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Larry Ferlazzo Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:40:25 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/?p=132#comment-629 Alice, Well said. As Mark Twain (and maybe Disraeli) said, ""There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Larry Alice,

Well said.

As Mark Twain (and maybe Disraeli) said, “”There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

Larry

]]> By: Ira Socol http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2009/04/26/could-you-please-stop-trying-to-blind-me-with-bad-science/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Ira Socol Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:40:55 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/?p=132#comment-627 Chicago School Economics ignores human reality and, of course, Nash's Equilibrium, which "proves" that people are not solely selfish actors. But yes, any attempt to apply these statistical analyses to schools automatically buys into the industrial model of education - which implies that children are either "equal" or "defective" and that teachers are either machines or fatally flawed. Chicago School Economics ignores human reality and, of course, Nash’s Equilibrium, which “proves” that people are not solely selfish actors. But yes, any attempt to apply these statistical analyses to schools automatically buys into the industrial model of education – which implies that children are either “equal” or “defective” and that teachers are either machines or fatally flawed.

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