CRT and DEI – What are they teaching?

So much of what the education elites do is couched in misleading language. The current uproar about “CRT”- Critical Race Theory, also known as “DEI”- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is just another example. Recently the Washington State Legislature passed a law requiring school staff and school board members to be trained in Critical Race Theory, but it does not mention CRT anywhere in the bill. Instead the bill refers to “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” and “cultural competency”.  When parents in Washington state complain to their school boards about CRT being taught in their district, school boards have been known to respond with, “Oh no, we’re not teaching CRT.”
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A Case for REAL Math Teaching

     Math abilities of US public school students were mediocre even before the introduction of Common Core math in 2010. This is, in large part, due to the constructivist method of teaching math used since the 1990s.  Administrators think this method leads to “equity”, but it actually makes matters worse.  Ted Nutting, retired Seattle high school math teacher, explains the problems of this math teaching method in the following commentary.
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Washington’s Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Law Is Not Healthy and Is Bad Law

Parents are concerned about the new Comprehensive Sexual Health Education law passed in Olympia this March, and they should be.  The standards are heavily influenced by SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US) which was founded in 1964 by Dr. Mary Calderone, the Medical Director for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The many contradictions embodied in the bill reflect the contradictory thinking of the proponents of the bill and the developers of the curricula.
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Come to our presentation

Social Emotional Learning: Creating the “Perfect” 21st Century Child

Sponsored by Research Mom and Citizens United for Responsible Education

(Lavender Building on the corner of Jackson and N. Cincinnati)

• Government schools are re-programming your child’s social and emotional state from preschool through K-12.
• Time is already scarce for teaching basic academics and doing test prep, so why add social/emotional learning?
• This encroaches on parents’ rights to raise their own children.
• Data-collection on your child is essential to it all.

Learn about this and more.

For more information, contact:

Shannon Benn (509) 487-1219

Joyce Fiess (206) 715-7786

SEL: “Social Emotional Learning” or “Something Evil Lurks” ?

Social Emotional Learning is an increasing focus of schools and school legislation. The “experts” believe that they can improve students’ academic performance, peer relationships, outlook on life — everything– by embedding social emotional learning into each day’s activities and lessons. After all, that’s what schools are for, right? To treat the “whole child?”

This is a dangerous trend. The influences at schools – peer pressure, conflicting values presented in the curricula, the selective presentation of controversial issues–already serve to distance children from their parents. Now the education elites plan to assess children’s social emotional state- sometimes through stealth assessments,  and on the basis of that data-mining they can personalize a curriculum to “help” the children’s psyches.

Please see the article from the blog Curmudgucation:

Does Social Emotional Learning Belong in School? 

We thank our friends from Truth in American Education for bringing it to our attention.

Learn about the government squeeze on Early Learning, and about the Social Emotional Curriculum.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

2:00-4:00

Spokane Valley Library

12004 E. Main Ave.

Spokane Valley, WA 99206

• Government regulations are squeezing daycare centers and preschools.

• Social emotional learning is the latest buzz word in education – from early learning through K-12.

• Data-collection surrounds it all.

 Learn about this and more..

For more information, contact co-chairs

Cindy Marshall (509) 998-2126

Joyce Fiess (206) 715-7786

Stealth Assessments

For years, school administrators have been talking about bringing more computers into the classroom.  Parents have assumed that this was to enable students to hone their computer skills and to gain knowledge about the world. Surprise! It has turned out that the world is gaining knowledge about your child.  Read Jane Robbins’s commentary about data-mining  from the website, Truth in American Education here.

MEDUSA

Multi-fad Education Dooms USA

By Lucy Wells

THE LATEST FAD

Educational fads usually have names that sound like perfect solutions to our failing educational system. People are inclined to assume good intentions, so they give these fads a chance. Yet the fads, tragically, victimize generation after generation. [read more]

Girls in Seattle schools may not be able to have candy or soda due to health reasons, but they can certainly get IUDs without their parents’ knowledge. Read the article here.

This story is so outrageous, it was even printed in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail. However, it has unfortunately been much less publicized by our own US media.

A Connecticut mom was left appalled and angry when a school district’s kindergarten application asked whether her child was delivered by C-section or not. The district was asking extremely intrusive questions, ostensibly to detect any potential health or emotional problems in enrolling youngsters. Read about the survey here.

School staff are increasingly becoming pseudo-psychologists and -psychiatrists. Meanwhile less and less academic information is being taught.

Remember you can refrain from answering questions in school forms (or other forms, for that matter)  that you find too intrusive.