Education Tag

Failing America’s Students Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 04, 2022 2 Comments

Your weekly report on education news....

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Illinois High School Changing Grading Criteria to Achieve Racial Equity of Outcome

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2022 61 Comments

Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois is implementing a new grading plan for the 2022-2023 school year that will take certain racial differences into account. They're not going to assign grades based on race, but they will stop penalizing certain students for tardiness, not turning in assignments, etc.

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New York City’s ‘Fame’ High School is Now in the Grip of the ‘Equity’ Craze

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 30, 2022 6 Comments

“She’s big on equity — which in practice tends to mean bringing everyone down rather than helping some students rise up.”...

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Failing Grades Soar At Top San Francisco High School After Dropping Merit-Based Admissions

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 29, 2022 28 Comments

Lowell High School in San Francisco was a top performing school that admitted students based on test scores and grades, until the city decided that merit-based admissions didn't comport with 'equity' standards. Against the objections of parents, they switched to admissions based on lottery and now it's no longer a top school. Who could have predicted such a thing would happen?

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San Francisco School District Drops the Word ‘Chief’ From Job Titles Out of Respect for Native Americans

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 28, 2022 11 Comments

“By changing how we refer to our division heads we are in no way diminishing the indispensable contributions of our district central service leaders”...

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Our Disappearing History Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 28, 2022 1 Comment

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Chuck Schumer Blocks Senate Republicans’ School Safety Bill Named After Parkland Victims

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 27, 2022 47 Comments

After the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas this week, Republicans in the Senate advanced a school safety bill, named the Luke and Alex Safety Act after Parkland victims, which was promptly blocked by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). It's almost like Schumer doesn't really want solutions.

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VIDEO: New “Racial Literacy Curriculum” for High School Pushes Social Justice in Every Subject, Including Math

Posted by Paul Rossi on May 23, 2022 39 Comments

Pollyanna Inc.'s new "Racial Literacy Curriculum" for high school students injects a Critical Race Theory lens and radical far-left politics into several major subjects of study, including English, Math, History, Biology, and Art.

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*UPDATE* State Farm Pulls Support From Program Sending Transgender Books for 5-Year-Olds

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 23, 2022 70 Comments

"The project's goal is to increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support our communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children Age 5+"...

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Essay: Right and Wrong Ways to Reform the University

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 22, 2022 3 Comments

"The rise and rise of the academic bureaucracy is the single greatest institutional problem in universities today."...

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The Denial of Truth Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 21, 2022 4 Comments

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Female Student Forced to Share Room With Biological Male on Overseas School Trip

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2022 25 Comments

“deal with it”...

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Critical Race Theory is Still Being Taught in Many Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 17, 2022 1 Comment

"Critical race theorists are making their message that everything in public and private life represents a racial power struggle ubiquitous in K-12 institutions."...

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Wisconsin Middle Schoolers Charged With Sexual Harassment For Failing To Use Preferred Pronouns

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2022 89 Comments

Lawyer for students: "The mere use of biologically correct pronouns not only does not constitute sexual harassment under Title IX or the District’s own policy, it is also speech protected by the First Amendment."...

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Writer Explains How Critical Race Theory was Introduced into America’s Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2022 2 Comments

"CRT’s proponents believe that racism is literally built into the DNA of white people"...

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The Left Has Been Building its Social Justice Infrastructure in Education for Decades

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2022 1 Comment

"I had a ringside seat watching a new breed of Jacobins seize control of a university English department, then extend their reach throughout the humanities."...

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Parents Are Fighting Back and Winning Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2022 3 Comments

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Study: Remote Learning in Blue States Widened Economic and Racial Gap While Red States Fared Much Better

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 10, 2022 27 Comments

A new study has found that blue states which kept schools closed longer, opting for remote learning during the pandemic, had a harsh effect on poor and minority students. Meanwhile, in red states like Florida and Texas where schools reopened sooner, the same types of students fared much better.

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