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Time and time and time again, \u201cdiversity,\u201d \u201cequity,\u201d \u201cinclusion,\u201d and other similar words are being used as excuses to dumb down educational standards. Here are 24 examples.<\/a><\/p>\n

By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)<\/p>\n

October 15, 2024<\/p>\n

Time and time and time again, \u201cdiversity,\u201d \u201cequity,\u201d \u201cinclusion,\u201d and other similar words are being used as excuses to dumb down educational standards.<\/p>\n

Here are 24 examples:<\/p>\n

1) The New York Times wrote, \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/13\/nyregion\/ny-regents-teacher-exams-alst.html?_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/GzyQM<\/a><\/p>\n

2) The New York Times wrote, \u201cA 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/30\/opinion\/white-students-unfair-advantage-in-admissions.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/MEDXn<\/a><\/p>\n

3) Patrick Henry High School, San Diego\u2019s largest high school, cited \u201cequity\u201d as its reason for removing some of its classes in advanced English, advanced history, and advanced biology.<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2022-04-10\/san-diegos-largest-high-school-quietly-eliminated-several-honors-courses-parents-are-outraged<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220410124259\/https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2022-04-10\/san-diegos-largest-high-school-quietly-eliminated-several-honors-courses-parents-are-outraged<\/a><\/p>\n

4) The Vancouver School Board cited \u201cequity and inclusion\u201d for why it got rid of its honors courses in math and science at its high schools.<\/p>\n

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Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/british-columbia\/article-vancouver-school-board-phases-out-honours-programs-in-high-schools\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/MBOEo<\/a><\/p>\n

5) In the name of equity, California will discourage students who are gifted at math<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/05\/04\/california-math-framework-woke-equity-calculus\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/N4CQC<\/a><\/p>\n

6) PBS Boston affiliate WGBH: \u201cBoston public schools suspends test for advanced learning classes; concerns about program\u2019s racial inequities linger\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/education\/2021\/02\/26\/citing-racial-inequities-boston-public-schools-suspend-advanced-learning-classes<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240607092146\/https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/education-news\/2021-02-26\/boston-public-schools-suspends-test-for-advanced-learning-classes-concerns-about-programs-racial-inequities-linger<\/a><\/p>\n

7) Lowell High in San Francisco, one of the country\u2019s best public high schools, replaced its merit based admissions with a lottery based admissions, because the school had too many Asians.<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/abc7news.com\/sfusd-board-of-education-meeting-school-lowell-high-sf\/10325219\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/iGzom<\/a><\/p>\n

8) Expecting math students to get the right answer is now considered to be a form of \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d See page 6 at this link:<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/equitablemath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/1_STRIDE1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210212205034\/https:\/\/equitablemath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/1_STRIDE1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/09\/05\/643298219\/a-medical-school-tradition-comes-under-fire-for-racism<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/WNwvW<\/a><\/p>\n

10) New Jersey stopped requiring new teachers to be proficient in reading, writing, and math, because the requirement was considered to be an \u201cunnecessary barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/nation-world\/new-jersey-drops-basic-skills-requirement-for-new-teachers-caved-to-teacher-union-demands-education-association-reading-writing-math-proficiency-phil-murphy-crisis-in-the-classroom<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/vh6io<\/a><\/p>\n

11) Washington Post: \u201cMaryland school district worker fired after correcting student\u2019s spelling in a tweet\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/social-issues\/school-district-employee-fired-after-correcting-students-spelling-in-a-tweet\/2017\/01\/16\/fd548bf2-dc29-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170119030045\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/social-issues\/school-district-employee-fired-after-correcting-students-spelling-in-a-tweet\/2017\/01\/16\/fd548bf2-dc29-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

12) Oregon again says students don\u2019t need to prove mastery of reading, writing or math to graduate, citing harm to students of color<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/education\/2023\/10\/oregon-again-says-students-dont-need-to-prove-mastery-of-reading-writing-or-math-to-graduate-citing-harm-to-students-of-color.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/mV38Y<\/a><\/p>\n

13) In Mississauga, Ontario, a public high school library removed every book that had been published in 2008 or earlier, under the justification of \u201cinclusivity,\u201d \u201canti-racism,\u201d \u201cequity,\u201d and \u201cdiversity\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/ktv2R<\/a><\/p>\n

14) The public schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts stopped offering advanced math classes to students in grades 6, 7, and 8, because students of some races had been doing better than students of other races.<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/the-boston-globe\/2023\/07\/18\/cambridge-schools-are-divided-over-middle-school-algebra\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240710004137\/https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/the-boston-globe\/2023\/07\/18\/cambridge-schools-are-divided-over-middle-school-algebra\/<\/a><\/p>\n

15) Met applicants \u2018functionally illiterate in English accepted in bid to improve diversity\u2019<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/01\/26\/applicants-functionally-illiterate-english-accepted-met-bid\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/t3Pia<\/a><\/p>\n

16) New York Times: \u201cAt N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? Maitland Jones Jr., a respected professor, defended his standards. But students started a petition, and the university dismissed him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/03\/us\/nyu-organic-chemistry-petition.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/iDG0t<\/a><\/p>\n

17) New York Times: \u201cTexas Wesleyan Cancels Play After Students Say Use of Slur Is Harmful. The play\u2019s author, who is Black, said he crafted its language to be historically accurate in representing civil rights struggles. But the theater program at the university heeded the call of students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/06\/us\/texas-wesleyan-play-racism.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/uIz1L<\/a><\/p>\n

18) University bans sonnets as \u2018products of white western culture\u2019<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2022\/05\/14\/university-bans-sonnets-products-white-western-culture\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/RrXCi<\/a><\/p>\n

19) The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center temporarily placed Professor Julie Overbaugh, an award winning HIV researcher, on administrative leave, after the school found out that she had once dressed up as Michael Jackson for Halloween.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julie_Overbaugh<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Julie_Overbaugh&oldid=1234427714<\/a><\/p>\n

20) Canadian court declares math test for new teachers \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 because of racial disparities in passage rates<\/p>\n

Original:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/21\/canadian-court-declares-math-test-for-new-teachers-unconstitutional-because-of-racial-disparities-in-passage-rates\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.otffeo.on.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/2021-12-16-OTCC-v-Ontario-FINAL-signed-by-all.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211222155215\/https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/21\/canadian-court-declares-math-test-for-new-teachers-unconstitutional-because-of-racial-disparities-in-passage-rates\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220129002809\/https:\/\/www.otffeo.on.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/2021-12-16-OTCC-v-Ontario-FINAL-signed-by-all.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

21) The English Touring Opera fired 14 of its musicians because they were white.<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/columnists\/2021\/09\/19\/sacking-white-members-english-touring-opera-shows-woke-will\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/Rl9Ub<\/a><\/p>\n

22) Sunrise Park Middle School in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, cited \u201cequitable grading\u201d as the reason why \u201cstudents no longer will be given an F grade \u2013 no matter how bad they did on an assignment or test or if it was turned in late or not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2021\/10\/07\/white-bear-lake-middle-school-gets-rid-of-f-grades-parents-raise-concerns\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/JkGij<\/a><\/p>\n

23) The UCLA Anderson School of Management placed lecturer Gordon Klein on involuntary administrative leave because he refused to dumb down his curriculum for black students after the murder of George Floyd.<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/10\/08\/woke-mob-runs-into-college-teacher-whos-fighting-back\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/XCdng<\/a><\/p>\n

24) Washington Post: \u201cStudents hated \u2018To Kill a Mockingbird.\u2019 Their teachers tried to dump it. Four progressive teachers in Washington\u2019s Mukilteo School District wanted to protect students from a book they saw as outdated and harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2023\/11\/03\/to-kill-a-mockingbird-book-ban-removal-washington\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Archive:\u00a0https:\/\/archive.ph\/H6Z6A<\/a><\/p>\n

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