I agree to a point. It’s pretty benign, until you consider that it’s all a bunch of meaningless woke-speak. Long on buzzwords, short on meat and potatoes. The taxpayer should expect more.
I don’t think what you’re saying is what the leftists want equity to mean. They want enforced equality of outcomes, even (and especially) if it means lowering standards. NYC had this issue recently. I have not read what they’re doing now but I do know that equity is not equality.
I saw or read nothing about how parents want their kids taught. Sure glad my daughter gets a mountain education which includes how to read, do complex math, learn the constitution, economics, and how to shot and hit what she aims at.
Wow. By now you would think people would stop pretending there is no difference between equality and equity in today’s parlance. Pushing equal opportunity is far different than demanding equal outcome.
The strawman approach to avoiding the actual issue.
The simplistic love this meme. Sure, no one has a problem with letting the short kid see over the fence, but when an arbitrary ratio of outcome is decided in advance, we get companies saying we need to promote so many of this kind of person regardless of whether they are the best for the job. In education, we see quotas direct who achieves over offering an equal playing field. This DOES NOT mean that different teaching strategies are not employed to exact the best performance. Rather, it means that performance is not the sole measure of success in a “equity” driven model.That is your definition. And it is inaccurate. Nothing is being taken away from "the haves". You clearly have no idea what you're going on about, but you feel like you just have to say something. Take off your political glasses for a minute and think a little on your own. I gave you two exact examples of equity programs.
I'm not sure why I bother. People like you are going to be so set in your ways that nothing will ever satisfy.
Anyway, here's a cartoon.
The “non-socialized” homeschooler myth. Wow! This myth pushed by school teacher unions has been thoroughly debunked. In fact, some research has shown homeschoolers are more socially well-adjusted because their day does not include as much babysitting. They get their studies accomplished in less time and have educational experiences that are more pragmatic. Homeschoolers get a well balanced education.
I'm all for teaching about slavery, civil rights, etc being taught. I think most are. I'm also for cross-cultural teachings. What I'm not for - and what people are pushing back on - are schools teaching kids that America is a white supremacist nation and all structures are based on that and should be dismantled. F them for that. They know what they are doing. And this DEI yay raw raw is the cousin of all that. How about teach unity for a change?
There is a difference in “teaching diversity” and letting the kids in the class teach others about their experiences.
Yeah, take it personally that the myth was promoted by teacher unions, if that is your preference.Yup that’s me, the huge pro public schools and unions guy! Anybody that has read my posts will tell you that
My comment was based 100% on my own personal experiences.
But a lot of them are and that should probably be taught. Neighborhood lines in Chicago are still drawn from redlining that existed up until the '80s. The Interstates were designed to cut through minority neighborhoods and sometimes followed the old boundary lines that kept white and black neighborhoods separate.
what's wrong with that is the left uses that strawman to teach that Western civilization is nothing but white supremacy, and America is founded on that principle. They then morph into grooming kids into being "gender fluid" and even homosexual. Don't bother trying to deny it. Just watch Libs of Tik Tok, and see them bragging about it.
You mean the colonists giving Native Americans small pox blankets? It being a myth is certainly up for debate. BAsically stating it's a fact that it is a mythe is disingenuous and ignores much academic research into the topic. Is it possible it is a myth? Yes. Is it possible that it did in fact happen? Yes. While some day it didn't happen, other say it did happen, and the frequency of it is also up for debate. As you will see in a few links below, there are ones saying it was a myth and others that aren't.
I think it’s a great story. It’s good teaching.
If there’s doubt about it, is that doubt reflected in the instruction?
I realize that. And, my comment did not claim that you followed unions. I made a simple statement about who promoted the myth that you believe is true because of your limited experience. You act as if I said you concur with unions. The two are distinct, yet you conflated them with your defensive pushback.
Look, your experiences are what they are, but research defies the myth that homeschooled kids don’t experience socializing. I know many kids being homeschooled. They spend as much time socializing with other kids as public schooled kids. And, anecdotally, I will add Tim Tebow to the mix. Your experiences cannot be generalized to the total population and are not a reliable commentary on homeschooling. This was a hot topic before people were actually educated to the truth.
