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This week we’ve got a breakdown on the COVID connection for why state schools aren’t receiving failing grades, we investigate if Tony Gonzales has/had monkeypox, and rumors of an ISD employee covering up grooming.

Texas Education: No Schools Fail After State Removes Failing Grades

America is a very serious country run by very serious people. They would never change the rules of society just to make people feel good and avoid offending anyone.

Texas Tribune:

The Texas Education Agency on Monday released its first public school ratings in three years and despite pandemic interruptions, the number of schools that received the highest rating increased.

It’s a miracle!

88% of districts received either an A or B rating in 2022.

That number was 60% in 2019.

How did they manage to get away with claiming no schools failed, and instead doing a “no rating,” implying they just forgot to rate all the bad schools?

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Because there’s a virus, y’all!

Analysis after the break…