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RE: ability grouping. I seem to recall that tracking was banned as it was used to segregate black and minority kids after legal segregation collapsed. A laudable goal, but one at odds with real education.
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I guess there are two ways to interpret this. One, he's got reliable flunkies in place to do his bidding, so it's all a sham. Two, Putin is fed up and Kirsan is about to find out what the Gulag is all about. Just have to wait I guess. I'd say this m
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Originally Posted By: inky. ...This should be the end of Kirsan, but I don't trust him - he may win yet... PS...today is Sam Sloan's birthday. I actually still expect Kirsan to win. Not sure how to interpret him stepping down as Kalmyk "Khan
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I read this on several other sites last night. ChessBase did a good job of collecting articles from a bunch of them. This should be the end of Kirsan, but I don't trust him - he may win yet. A lot of people seem to think he's good (for them). H
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I must applaud Ed and Spock for posting some of the best stuff I've ever seen in this thread. Ed, in particular, has zeroed in on the problem that is at the root of all the other problems. But I ask you, who are the people who promote this infantil
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I saw a bit of his show one day. The resemblance to Network was...not reassuring! Especially when it became apparent that Beck wasn't engaging in parody... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Tough guys, he sai
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Originally Posted By: Ed Yetman, III This reveals a big problem with school reforms: there is not a single mention of the quality of the children. It is taken as a given by all parties that all children are equal in ability. That is the elephant in t
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Well, Shirov has won his third game in a row, clinching his spot in Bilbao. Great job! He should rejoin the top 10 after this tournament concludes. The other player to go to Bilbao will be decided in the last round (Kramnik and Aronian are tied fo
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I don't really know a lot of the ins and outs of current chess politics, but I really can't understand what Kirsan has going for him. There is nothing about him that would lead to him doing a good job with FIDE. It makes sense that his clout as a d
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If it were April 1, I'd be suspicious. But Chessbase insists... Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Resigns as President of Kalmykia To Focus On FIDE It'd be a real kick in the head if Karpov won now. If Kirsan no longer has the backs of Kalmyk peasants to fina
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http://nymag.com/news/features/67966/ Very interesting article. The same filmmaker who produced An Inconvenient Truth produces a movie about the American public schools, and he apparently attacks the teachers' unions. The best and most neglected par
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/06/why_school_reform_fails_107033.html An interesting article on why school reform fails. Main reason: unmotivated students.
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He cries and rants, and sometimes screams. I've only seen clipped bits of his rants and screams in which he very much sounded like the link I posted. Another good impression was done by Jon Stewart's (you should be able to find it easier in the state
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Great game Shirov-Kramnik. My initial feeling is that it looked like Shirov had Kramnik on the ropes, then Kramnik played Rae8!?, and from what i notice without computer assistance, is that Shirov may have made a mistake with Rxa7. Kramnik played the
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Guy, thanks for the tip. I'll try to get the newsstand issue.
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That's a funny game...
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This is somewhat old but very interesting insight given by Radoslaw, Anand's second, about Anand and Sofia world championship match in 3 parts. The great Anand's little ideas - Part I The great Anand's little ideas - Part II The great Anand's
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Daily dirt mishanp is posting some interesting interviews. Here is one from Khalifman about Anand among other things. Khalifman: "Anand is a genius. He emanates light."
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Two good games for Aronian, Aronian-Shirov looked exciting, i haven't gone through a detailed analysis, i will be doing that asap. Also Shirov has done well by holding both Kramnik and Aronian as black. Today's game Kramnik-Aronian is crucial and cou
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In the initial diagram position, after 25.Nd5 Shirov could try out something like 25...Rh7+ but doesn't look harmful after 26.Nxh7 Qg3+ 27.Kh1 cxd5 and 28.exd5. But this could very well be Shirov's prepared line. Though Fritz says -1.6 at depth 12,
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Re: Lomborg. Article here. You can get an idea what the tone of the article is from the following quote. Quote:This is the lipstick, but the pig is still a pig
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Round 2, Aronian - Shirov, position after 24...Qxe3 24...Qxe3 looks doubtful. Aronian could have gone on with Nd5!, instead of Rd7, to release some pressure with queen trade and to get back the initiative, and may be enough for his win. Analysi
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As long as it is coherent logorrhoea, we can live with it. Seirawan is definitely a positional player, so I guess the knight sac is really an exception. Still funny to pick an arbitrary page of the book and to find that sac on the first spot. For
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Thanks, SG. I'm sure I'll get the book eventually, regardless of the games. I'm overall a Seirawan fan, though his prose definitely tends to be logorrhoeic at times. I still expect the games to be positionally oriented, as that's always been my imp
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CF. my eyes glaze over with all that crap. I'm an old stick-in-the-mud who preferred the days of yore, when winning one's conference actually meant something (e.g. win the Big 10 and go to the Rose Bowl). Nowadays, conference titles mean much less th
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