So grades are under attack as being unfair? Teachers would determine the grade based on their assessment of the student and various factors? Opinions will matter more than results? Your thoughts? What's your school district planning? Do you know? By Paulina Aguilar Published: Aug. 31, 2023 at 8:52 PM PDT Link to original story PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Public Schools is considering moving to an “equitable grading system,” in which teachers assess students’ work while considering their diverse background needs to promote fairness in the classroom. PPS currently runs on a traditional grading system. “Maybe there some like linguistic inaccuracies … [Read more...]
Wokeness in public schools
If you have 5 minutes and 4 seconds please watch this video. This young man did an incredible job sharing his views and real world examples of what is happening in schools and district across the nation. What's your district doing? https://rumble.com/v2accr6-student-leaves-woke-school-board-speechless-exposes-them-all-and-drops-the-.html Equality and equal opportunity are the aspirations...equity has been weaponized. … [Read more...]
How Activist Teachers Recruit Kids
From The Truth Fairy (Abigail Shrier) from Substack we get a view of teacher activism in schools. Leaked Documents and Audio from the California Teachers Association Conference Reveal Efforts to Subvert Parents on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Incensed parents now make news almost daily, objecting to radical material taught in their children’s public schools. But little insight has been provided into the mindset and tactics of activist teachers themselves. That may now be changing, thanks to leaked audio from a meeting of California’s largest teacher’s union. Last month, the California Teachers Association (CTA) held a conference advising teachers on best practices for … [Read more...]
Legislation to Defend Parents’ Rights in Education
If you've been watching the news lately you've seen the FBI investigating parents for being too vocal at school board meetings. You've seen the National School Board Association claim that parents who get too loud are terrorists. After huge pushback across the nation they apologized (https://noahwebstereducationalfoundation.org/nsba-apologizes-for-calling-parents-domestic-terrorists/). That doesn't mean anything has changed. Parents who disagree with school board and district actions have every right to be heard. Today's article comes from Townhall and Landon Mion. Give it a read at their site or scan through it below. In any case if you have had local situations where your rights have … [Read more...]
Camas School District embraces “white fragility” and becomes “woke”
The current "wokeness" fad has come to Southwest Washington and specifically the Camas School District. Here's what we've learned: In late June we were contacted by some people in the Camas district suggesting we look into some new staff training curriculum that was being offered. We reached out to the Camas School Board and asked for some information. It took ~10 days and multiple emails but we got a response. Decide for yourself whether this is appropriate, needed and desirable. If you want to learn more about Ms. DiAngelo here is a link to her website: https://robindiangelo.com/about-me/ This is the email string of our interactions: On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 05:05:15 … [Read more...]
First Graders and Transgender?
Have you read the story about the school district in North Carolina that had introduced a book titled "Jacob's New Dress" as part of the curriculum for first graders? Reading stories written by multiple news outlets we thought the easiest way was to provide a summary. But the real question is: What do you think? The book with pricing and description can be found at Amazon (among other locations). Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IU8CT94/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 The book publisher is Albert Whitman: https://www.albertwhitman.com/book/jacobs-new-dress/ Basically the school board in question determined that first graders should be taught … [Read more...]
Gender bathroom switching – Federal Judge Ruling
If you've been watching the Washington State and Federal Governments unilateral decisions to allow a person to use whichever "facility" (bathroom or shower) they choose based on which gender they "associate" with at that given moment there is news. On August 21st 2016 a Federal Judge made a ruling: "Defendants are enjoined from enforcing the Guidelines against Plaintiffs and their respective schools, school boards, and other public, educationally-based institutions. Further, while this injunction remains in place, Defendants are enjoined from initiating, continuing, or concluding any investigation based on Defendant’ interpretation that the definition of sex includes gender identity in … [Read more...]
Coming to a school near you?
From our neighbors to the south across the river. This story was ran on KATU Channel 2 - author is Kellee Azar ALOHA, Ore. — Some parents in Aloha are concerned about a "white privilege" survey their children received as homework. Jason Schmidt's son, a senior at Aloha High School, was given the survey as homework. Schmidt said he's not too happy about the form. “I think he should be learning actual education and not be a part of some social experiment or some teacher’s political agenda,” Schmidt said. Sociologist Randy Blazak disagrees, saying education is supposed to be provocative. "I mean the way we get people to challenge assumptions about the world is to … [Read more...]
Washington State OSPI: Bullying, “The Trump Effect” and Nazi Germany
Once upon a time (in June 2016 to be more exact) the person in charge of anti-bullying for the Office of the Washington State Superintendent of Instruction (OSPI) decided that one of the presidential candidates (Trump) was using words that scared some children. Apparently this person believes that talking about illegal immigration, deportation and similar things were the equivalent of bullying. So, this State employee (in charge of anti-bullying) sent an email to all 295 school districts in the State of Washington serving ~1,051,694 students, suggesting that they (the school district) be aware of the impact of “words” and “topics” on some children and consider setting up a “safe room” … [Read more...]
Obama’s Transgender Student Bathroom Policy Blocked by Judge
From Bloomberg.com - author is Tom Korosec Texas wins halt to transgender student restroom mandate Judge says U.S. failed to follow rule-making procedures The Obama administration was barred by a judge from enforcing a directive that U.S. public schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms according to their gender identity. A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday sided with Texas and 12 other states that argued the administration’s policy usurps local control and threatens students’ safety and privacy. The use of public bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender people has become the latest front in … [Read more...]