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Blacks Need High-Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda - Part 2

Jan 3, 2025 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii

[Editor’s Note: This is Part Two of a two-part article. Click to read Part One: Blacks Need High Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda.]I argued in my previous article that to increase the supply of quality black professional candidates, the focus should be on high-quality education, not equity. Specifically, the black community needs to improve the black college graduation rate, which will first require us to address the poor state of K-12 education.
Blacks Need High Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda

Dec 11, 2024 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii

John Deere, Harley-Davidson, Ford Motor Company, and other major corporations are backtracking on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and returning to hiring based on merit. Make no mistake. A work environment featuring diverse ideas and opinions is highly conducive to success. Similarly, it is important to have a work culture that includes all players on the team. But most often, DEI is focused on prioritizing race and sexual orientation over the applicable criteria of merit.
A Remedy for California’s Destructive Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Nov 22, 2024 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii

The state of California passed a law in 2021 requiring all students graduating from high school in the 2029-2030 school year to take at least one semester of ethnic studies. The intent, per the state’s California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, is to encourage cultural understanding of the struggles of equality, equity, justice, racism, ethnicity, and bigotry that have been prevalent throughout the history of America.
Energy

Sep 18, 2024 | discovery.org | Jonathan Lesser |Bill Walton |Walter Myers Iii |Tom Alberg

person-with-wind-turbine-and-dollar-bills-renewable-energy-a-920883481-stockpack-adobe_stock Energy Net-Zero Economy Plan Will Hit Consumers with Huge Electric Bills Warns New Energy Report from Discovery Institute Energy Net-zero energy policies in the Pacific Northwest will produce staggering costs to individuals and businesses without providing any meaningful environmental benefits, warns a monumental new research report from Discovery Institute’s Reasonable Energy program....
Artificial intelligence

Jul 9, 2024 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii |Jeffrey Funk |Richard Stevens |Mark Mills

ai-robot-dressed-in-priests-robes-preaching-in-a-church-this-futuristic-scene-combines-traditional-religious-settings-with-advanced-technology-stockpack-adobe-stock Natural and Artificial Intelligence No Foundational Evidence for Creating an AI God Natural and Artificial Intelligence Some in the artificial intelligence tech industry believe they are "creating God," according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a recent interview. And he is right.
The Limits and Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence

Jun 3, 2024 | mindmatters.ai | Walter Myers Iii

https://chrt.fm/track/G42895/mindmatters.ai/podcast-player/32139/ep293.mp3Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 44:12 | | Speakers: George Montañez, Robert J. Marks, William A. DembskiIn this panel discussion from the COSM technology conference, the panelists address the limits and possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI). George Montañez, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science, discusses generative AI models and how they work by encoding relations between text and images.
Energy

Mar 26, 2024 | discovery.org | Bill Walton |Walter Myers Iii |Tom Alberg

plant-growing-in-sunshine Energy CO2 Is Historically Low — Too Low Energy What if, rather than being at unprecedented high levels, CO2 is at one of its lowest concentrations in the long history of the Earth and that the modest warming anticipated from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases will be benign?
Could Singapore Math Be a Fix for U.S. Mathematics Education?

Mar 13, 2024 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii

Over the past couple of decades, Singapore has consistently outranked international competition in mathematics. As recently as 2022, the country achieved the world’s best math results in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, which are conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). For 2022, PISA comprised 37 OECD countries and 44 partner countries.
Can the U.S. Electricity Grid Support All-Electric Vehicles?

Feb 2, 2024 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii

Progressive politicians and climate activists often argue that America is going through an energy “transition” to move away from fossil fuels that produce CO2 emissions towards wind, solar, and other renewable fuel sources that produce zero emissions. A full transition to “zero emission” all-battery electric vehicles (BEVs) over the next decade is a key aspect of this movement. Yet in truth there is no such thing as a zero-emission vehicle.
A New Classical Christian College Launches in California

Dec 17, 2023 | discovery.org | Walter Myers Iii

With the rapidly increasing student enrollment in various K-12 classical education avenues, a growing number of families are seeking postsecondary education options that maintain the classical approach. Recently, I spoke with Dr. Matthew Smith, founder and president of Hildegard College, an innovative new private, Christian, classical liberal arts school located in Costa Mesa, California, focusing on the Great Books and entrepreneurship.