“The mindset is often ‘We’ll just violate the civil rights of certain un-preferred student groups (whites, Asians, males) unlawfully in the pursuit of social/racial/gender justice for preferred groups (BIPOCs) and we can do some good until/if we get caught and are forced to follow the law.”
“The mindset is often ‘We’ll just violate the civil rights of certain un-preferred student groups (whites, Asians, males) unlawfully in the pursuit of social/racial/gender justice for preferred groups (BIPOCs) and we can do some good until/if we get caught and are forced to follow the law.”
I get the impression that a lot of education folks these days are just throwing stuff out there and seeing what sticks and what doesn't stick.
Agreed! ETHS is in quite a bind, it seems. They get a lot of kids entering in 9th grade that are not high school ready --not even close. And what’s coming their way may be even worse in that regard than they can even imagine (given all you’ve written about and more in d65). At the same time, ETHS is out there touting itself as a leader in AP Curriculum and is recognized as increasing BIPOC AP participation in significant ways. And at the same time per a recent Daily Northwestern article 77% of the white student body is taking an AP class and for Black students it’s 20-22% and for Latino it’s 38%. Not great. And, finally, at the same time we’re hearing more and more about grade inflation being at an all time high and rigor being at an all time low at ETHS. So, what’s a school to do if they see all of this; the proverbial writing on the wall? Time to throw spaghetti and see what sticks?
I think he's basically right when he says this:
“The mindset is often ‘We’ll just violate the civil rights of certain un-preferred student groups (whites, Asians, males) unlawfully in the pursuit of social/racial/gender justice for preferred groups (BIPOCs) and we can do some good until/if we get caught and are forced to follow the law.”
I get the impression that a lot of education folks these days are just throwing stuff out there and seeing what sticks and what doesn't stick.
Agreed! ETHS is in quite a bind, it seems. They get a lot of kids entering in 9th grade that are not high school ready --not even close. And what’s coming their way may be even worse in that regard than they can even imagine (given all you’ve written about and more in d65). At the same time, ETHS is out there touting itself as a leader in AP Curriculum and is recognized as increasing BIPOC AP participation in significant ways. And at the same time per a recent Daily Northwestern article 77% of the white student body is taking an AP class and for Black students it’s 20-22% and for Latino it’s 38%. Not great. And, finally, at the same time we’re hearing more and more about grade inflation being at an all time high and rigor being at an all time low at ETHS. So, what’s a school to do if they see all of this; the proverbial writing on the wall? Time to throw spaghetti and see what sticks?