Last month a very important step towards equality was taken by the Washington State School Directors Association or WSSDA. A by-law which had been in place since 1986, called the “weighted vote”, was eliminated. The results will be an equal voice for all school districts at WSSDA. WSSDA is the association that creates model policies for all Washington school districts. It sets legislative priorities and lobbies legislators for changes to laws. It also provides training and insurance for all school board directors in the state. The membership consists of one representative from each school district, and these members vote on the WSSDA board and committee members. Every September WSSDA … [Read more...]
‘Equity’ in Education: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
This article does a good job explaining why "equity" and "equality" are two completely different terms in K-12 education. The article also goes on to describe the damage focusing on equity causes. The original article can be found at: The American Spectator K-12 public education nationwide is fixated on the term “equity.” It has been added to many public school mission statements and core values, but the positive-sounding term means something more — and something more destructive — than providing equal opportunity for students. Identifying and labeling students based on their socioeconomic and ethnic or race group dominates the education conversation, with group academic … [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...]
Vancouver School District – Proposed “Equity Policy”
Today’s article comes to us from a concerned member of the public. He shares information on and his opinion about the proposed “VPS Equity Policy”. Give it a read and share with people you think will find it informative and useful. Here's a link to the page at the district website: https://vansd.org/equity-initiative/ Here's a link to the VPS Board decision to adopt an equity policy: https://vansd.org/school-board-approves-equity-resolution/ On the Proposed Draft “VPS Equity Policy” The Language of the Draft Policy is straight from Neo Marxism. Racially Discriminating and educationally bereft of the legal principals of equality embraced by the Declaration of Independence, … [Read more...]
Equity and Equality in K-12 education?
We hear the terms equity and equality being used ad nauseam. Is there really a difference between the two terms and if so what are they? How is "equity" being used as a tool of change and does it make sense or is it more political and a power grab? Today we delve into equity and equality in K-12 education. Update: As we get ready to go to press here's an article from New York on gifted children programs being phased out due to...equity concerns...how far will this go? https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/10/08/new-york-city-has-run-out-of-gifted-and-talented-students-n1522585 Let's start off with some definitions: What does equity in education mean? Equity in … [Read more...]
Equality vs. Equity: The Insidious goal – Updated January 31, 2021
Update January 31, 2021: Greg Gutfield walks us through the topic: https://youtu.be/pybgDCnz4HU In October of 2020 the Vancouver School District School Board drank the "woke" juice joining the Camas Board. They decided that their district has been racist and not doing everything they can to eliminate inequality and inequity. The Vancouver School Board has made a fundamental error in using equality and equity as substitutes for each other. How can we expect our children to learn and use critical thinking if the adults can't get it right? Following is the exact verbiage from the Van SD's webpage: … [Read more...]
Critical Race Theory in Washington State – Updated May 9, 2021
Location: Tumwater, WA. Next? Your district. Why? The State Superintendent of Schools, Chris Reykdahl, self-labels as a "social warrior". Be concerned....very...very concerned. https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/05/critical-race-theory-americas-classrooms-clare-lopez/?utm_campaign=2306201&utm_content=3159787&fbclid=IwAR2g_BpPqoqutfZcAG58C3kBJsOenld8HyPXuIX7LvqKzXjPHJZ24G20BFw Update May 3, 2021 - Austin Texas: https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/03/parents-vote-to-stop-critical-race-insanity-in-texass-top-school-district/ This is a heads up to all parents who have students in a Washington state public school. Recently a parent contacted a local group about … [Read more...]
Senate passes bill to solve McCleary by guaranteeing $12,500 per student; taxpayers in 245 school districts would get property tax cut
This article was published February 3rd at the Washington Policy Center What do you think? Are you ok with minimal local levy's but money going to the State from new property taxes (with the promise that some people's taxes would go down) and the State then giving the money back to the districts using some formula? What's to prevent the State from giving the money with strings? What if the State demands that all districts do the same things? Heck, why even have 295 districts when they might be expected to be identical? Late Wednesday night the Senate Majority Coalition passed one of the most significant education reforms Washington state has seen in its history, SB 5607, the … [Read more...]