OTHER LINKS RELATED TO EDUCATION: MATH, 1619 PROJECT, ETHNIC STUDIES

ARTICLE: INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE ‘1619’ PROJECT: The deeply pessimistic intellectual roots of black lives matter, the ‘1619 Project’ and much else in Woke America. Rather in-depth research on the top proponents of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Many quotes from the “high priests” of CRT. 

ARTICLE: MATH IS RACIST: Brooklyn College Professor of Math Education Laurie Rubel argued that the mathematical equation 2+2=4 “reeks of white supremacist patriarchy. 

ARTICLE: SEATTLE’S NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING MATH: Page does a short critique on Seattle’s new approach to WOKE math. 

ARTICLE: COMMISSIONER SAYS 1619 PROJECT IS “SHEER PROPAGANDA”: U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow says the NY Times’ “1619 Project is Sheer Propaganda”. Also says that the Obama era mandate for schools to stop suspending minority students for violent behavior is counter productive for minorities and other students. 

VIDEO: THE STORY KILLERS (1:00:28): How the Common Core destroys minds and souls by Terrence O. Moore. Fantastic video. His book, The Story Killers, is listed on the book page. 

ARTICLE: NY CITY SCHOOL CHEATS WITH “NO-FAIL-POLICY”: Teachers at Maspeth High School in Queens, New York, say there is an unwritten “no-fail policy” at the high school prohibiting them from flunking their students — even if they don’t show up to class. As a result, the high school has enjoyed a 98 percent graduation rate. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (CDE) & SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION

ARTICLE: CDE ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM:  California Department of Education will be requiring schools to teach children Ethnic Studies classes that teach capitalism is a “system of power” and “oppression,” equal to “white supremacy,” “patriarchy,” and “racism.

ARTICLE: CDE BANS SUSPENSIONS OF DEFIANT STUDENTS: Bans suspension of willfully defiant students. Gail Heriot, a law professor at the University of San Diego and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, wrote in April 2018 at the National Review that quoting racial disparities to support banning suspensions for disruptive conduct is “highly misleading.”

VIDEO: DUMB DOWN AMERICA’S CHILDREN (15:12): “The Progressive agenda to dumb down America’s children by Alex Newman”. His book, Crimes of the Educators, is listed on the book page.

ARTICLE: THE POLITICIZATION OF OF UNIVERSITY  SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION (100 pages): The Long March through the Education Schools. Excellent, in-depth analysis of the history of the takeover of education by progressives since the mid 1800s.