Education Week reports on how DeVos' investment in "brain performance" company raises questions

[HAB911]

about her ethics and competence

Despite “ethical questions,” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos continues to invest money in the scientifically dubious company Neurocore, according to Education Week.

In an August 7 report, Education Week reported that DeVos has “significantly increased her family’s financial stake” in the “brain performance” company Neurocore, which “makes questionable claims” about its ability to treat a number of neurological conditions in children and adults.

According to Education Week, there are several concerns surrounding DeVos’ increasing investment in Neurocore: “ethical questions” about potential conflicts of interest and “fresh worries from some researchers about DeVos’s commitment to rigorous scientific research.” From the August 7 report:

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/08/09/education-week-reports-how-devos-investment-brain-performance-company-raises-questions-about-her/217569?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#616573748-tw#1502305668038

[tonyt53]

1. Hell, if they want to "dumb down", just register them as a Republican and make then watch FoxNews.

Of they can do the same thing, but in reverse. Seems to be pretty darned effective.

[underpants]

2. *sniff**sniff* I'm sense ...the aroma of... "The Bell Curve"

The whole thing sounds like a scam AND justification for beliefs - that some people are just smarter. Genetically. As shown by their IQ.

[uriel1972]

3. There's a book called "Race in Mind" all about "The Bell Curve"...

Which tears it apart. I can't remember the author. It also tears the whole "IQ" concept apart.

[underpants]

4. Thanks