Fox 5: Maryland State BOE Tasks itself with "The Culture"
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Anonymous
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The concluding paragraph of this story should have been the lede
"FOX 5's Tisha Lewis did some digging and found that in 2020, the Maryland State Board of Education developed a task force focusing on transforming the culture of Maryland’s schools for Black boys. Their goal was to recruit "racially and ethnically diverse teacher and administrator candidates into programs." https://www.fox5dc.com/news/maryland-teacher-sues-school-district-racial-discrimination |
Anonymous
| Nothing new. The few HBCUs in greater DC area were trying to get more "diverse" students to go into teaching. Will link that other article or report if can find it. |
Anonymous
| OP, I'm a little confused by your post. Are you in support or against Maryland recruiting more diverse teachers and admin? |
Anonymous
?????, What's your point? |
Anonymous
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I love that word, "digging." Like there's a super-secret task force that she singlehandedly unmasked.
It's pretty poor journalism to throw something like this in at the end without specifically connecting it to the rest of the article. Did they move him because they wanted him to be a role model for Black special ed students? Or was the move counter to some rule that stemmed from the task force's work? The author's point is as opaque as OP's. |
Anonymous
| Oh that's awesome! Much needed, thanks for sharing. |
Anonymous
| He wasn't good at his job. Ask the teachers. He was ACTING AP, this did not entitle him to a permanent position, he wasn't demoted, he returned to his original position as a teacher. Teachers make less than administrators. There are many teachers who apply every year to the AP pool and don't get a position. This was not discrimination. Many people like him think because they are friendly and do a lot of visible stuff, like conferences and committees, they don't have to be good at the administrative side of the job. |
Anonymous
To further clarify, he wasn't eligible to apply to 'transfer' into an AP position because he was only an acting AP, not a permanent one, his status as a permanent teacher was unchanged. He was simply returned to teacher status and as we all know, MCEA members are subject to involuntary transfers due to budget changes all the time. |
Anonymous
| They’re admitting to DEI hires? That’s embarrassing! |
Anonymous
12% of teachers are black and 34% of administrators are. |
Anonymous
DP. Start with excellence. Then hire from that pool. |
Anonymous
The question is, did he get that feedback from his supervisors? Because it doesn't sound like he did. And if he didn't receive that feedback, then he's right to sue. Demoting someone for performance issues requires thorough documentation. If MCPS failed to do that, they will be the ones in trouble. |
Anonymous
This. We have admins who were hired exactly at this time period and fit this initiative who are ruining the school. |
Anonymous
The thing is he wasn't demoted, he just didn't get a permanent position. Any teacher can be asked to be acting AP as long as they have their admin certificate. They're not entitled to a permanent position. They fill in and then they go back to teaching. He's upset he couldn't transfer to a permanent admin position but he never applied to the permanent AP pool, he wasn't able to transfer because he was never a permanent AP to begin with. |
Anonymous
| What are the metrics behind this initiative? How do we know if it's working? |