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Debates on the role of music in the classroom have, of late, centered around whether exposure to music can enhance the aptitude for math and other subjects. A recent study conducted by Harvard's Graduate School of Education concluded that a relationship between music and IQ doesn't exist...
...important to recall that for most of this century, educators used intelligence tests to decide which children should get a high-quality education. The point of IQ testing was to find out how much children were capable of learning rather than to test what they had actually learned. Based on IQ scores, millions of children were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses in science, math, history, literature and foreign languages...
...important to recall that for most of this century, educators used intelligence tests to decide which children should get a high-quality education. The point of IQ testing was to find out how much children were capable of learning, rather than to test what they had actually learned. Based on IQ scores, millions of children were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses in science, math, history, literature and foreign languages...
Oliver David Cruz, the slow-witted (IQ: 63) rapist-murderer executed in Texas Wednesday, chose a south-of-the-border theme for his last supper: spicy beef fajitas, beans and rice, flour tortillas, onions, tomatoes, avocados, a banana split and orange juice...
Cruz's lawyers hope to establish that their client's mental limitations were not adequately addressed during his trial; prosecutors insist that state-sponsored IQ tests, which placed Cruz well above the 70-point IQ mark, show Cruz to have the capacity to distinguish right from wrong...