Drop Dead Fred
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This list is too long to post all of it here. I'm posting the first 10. But they're all basically the same. What makes this interesting us how pervasive and widespread it has become. The radical left thinks that anything that results in different outcomes between different races must itself be racist. I am waiting for the radical left to come up with a math test that is not racist, based on their own definition of the word.
danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com
October 15, 2024
1) The New York Times wrote, “The Board of Regents on Monday eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers in New York State pass a literacy test to become certified after the test proved controversial because black and Hispanic candidates passed it at significantly lower rates than white candidates.”
Original: Regents Drop Teacher Literacy Test Seen as Discriminatory (Published 2017)
Archive: https://archive.ph/GzyQM
2) The New York Times wrote, “A 2009 Princeton study showed Asian-Americans had to score 140 points higher on their SATs than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics and 450 points higher than blacks to have the same chance of admission to leading universities.”
Original: Opinion | White Students’ Unfair Advantage in Admissions (Published 2017)
Archive: https://archive.ph/MEDXn
3) Patrick Henry High School, San Diego’s largest high school, cited “equity” as its reason for removing some of its classes in advanced English, advanced history, and advanced biology.
Original: San Diego’s largest high school quietly eliminated several honors courses. Parents are outraged
Archive: For subscribers: San Diego’s largest high school quietly eliminated several honors courses. Parents are outraged
4) The Vancouver School Board cited “equity and inclusion” for why it got rid of its honors courses in math and science at its high schools.
Original: Vancouver School Board phases out honours programs in high schools
Archive: https://archive.ph/MBOEo
5) In the name of equity, California will discourage students who are gifted at math
Original: In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math
Archive: https://archive.ph/N4CQC
6) PBS Boston affiliate WGBH: “Boston public schools suspends test for advanced learning classes; concerns about program’s racial inequities linger”
Original: Boston Public Schools Suspends Test For Advanced Learning Classes; Concerns About Program’s Racial Inequities Linger
Archive: Boston Public Schools Suspends Test For Advanced Learning Classes; Concerns About Program’s Racial Inequities Linger
7) Lowell High in San Francisco, one of the country’s best public high schools, replaced its merit based admissions with a lottery based admissions, because the school had too many Asians.
Original: SF School Board votes to end merit-based admission at Lowell High, move school into lottery system
Archive: https://archive.ph/iGzom
8) Expecting math students to get the right answer is now considered to be a form of “white supremacy.” See page 6 at this link:
Original: https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2021021...content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf
9) The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City canceled its honor society because whites and Asians were earning better grades than blacks and Latinos.
Original: https://www.npr.org/sections/health...-school-tradition-comes-under-fire-for-racism
Archive: https://archive.ph/WNwvW
10) New Jersey stopped requiring new teachers to be proficient in reading, writing, and math, because the requirement was considered to be an “unnecessary barrier.”
Original: https://13wham.com/news/nation-worl...oficiency-phil-murphy-crisis-in-the-classroom
Archive: https://archive.ph/vh6io
Time and time and time again, “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” and other similar words are being used as excuses to dumb down educational standards. Here are 24 examples.
By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill) October 15, 2024 Time and time and time again, “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” and other similar words are being used as exc…
danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com
Time and time and time again, “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” and other similar words are being used as excuses to dumb down educational standards. Here are 24 examples.
October 15, 2024
1) The New York Times wrote, “The Board of Regents on Monday eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers in New York State pass a literacy test to become certified after the test proved controversial because black and Hispanic candidates passed it at significantly lower rates than white candidates.”
Original: Regents Drop Teacher Literacy Test Seen as Discriminatory (Published 2017)
Archive: https://archive.ph/GzyQM
2) The New York Times wrote, “A 2009 Princeton study showed Asian-Americans had to score 140 points higher on their SATs than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics and 450 points higher than blacks to have the same chance of admission to leading universities.”
Original: Opinion | White Students’ Unfair Advantage in Admissions (Published 2017)
Archive: https://archive.ph/MEDXn
3) Patrick Henry High School, San Diego’s largest high school, cited “equity” as its reason for removing some of its classes in advanced English, advanced history, and advanced biology.
Original: San Diego’s largest high school quietly eliminated several honors courses. Parents are outraged
Archive: For subscribers: San Diego’s largest high school quietly eliminated several honors courses. Parents are outraged
4) The Vancouver School Board cited “equity and inclusion” for why it got rid of its honors courses in math and science at its high schools.
Original: Vancouver School Board phases out honours programs in high schools
Archive: https://archive.ph/MBOEo
5) In the name of equity, California will discourage students who are gifted at math
Original: In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math
Archive: https://archive.ph/N4CQC
6) PBS Boston affiliate WGBH: “Boston public schools suspends test for advanced learning classes; concerns about program’s racial inequities linger”
Original: Boston Public Schools Suspends Test For Advanced Learning Classes; Concerns About Program’s Racial Inequities Linger
Archive: Boston Public Schools Suspends Test For Advanced Learning Classes; Concerns About Program’s Racial Inequities Linger
7) Lowell High in San Francisco, one of the country’s best public high schools, replaced its merit based admissions with a lottery based admissions, because the school had too many Asians.
Original: SF School Board votes to end merit-based admission at Lowell High, move school into lottery system
Archive: https://archive.ph/iGzom
8) Expecting math students to get the right answer is now considered to be a form of “white supremacy.” See page 6 at this link:
Original: https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2021021...content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf
9) The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City canceled its honor society because whites and Asians were earning better grades than blacks and Latinos.
Original: https://www.npr.org/sections/health...-school-tradition-comes-under-fire-for-racism
Archive: https://archive.ph/WNwvW
10) New Jersey stopped requiring new teachers to be proficient in reading, writing, and math, because the requirement was considered to be an “unnecessary barrier.”
Original: https://13wham.com/news/nation-worl...oficiency-phil-murphy-crisis-in-the-classroom
Archive: https://archive.ph/vh6io
