Are you just trolling now? Maybe that is when *you* noticed but they’ve been asking for feedback since last fall. That was one of the main goals of the info sessions - they explicitly said multiple times they wanted a dialogue and feedback from various stakeholders, including parents. It was even extensively discussed here before that letter. How can I learn more or provide feedback? *Visit the VMPI website for additional details about Community Meetings on VMPI and other opportunities for public feedback. *The Virginia Department of Education also welcomes your feedback via email at vdoe.mathematics@doe.virginia.gov. Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative Infographic *video graphic Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative Informational Video *video graphic Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative Regional Webinar - November 2020 How can I learn more or provide feedback? VMPI community meetings being offered this spring are intended to provide initial information regarding the initiative, but also be a venue in which feedback can be collected. The schedule for the sessions is: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - Why Change Mathematics Instruction? Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - How does VMPI affect Virginia Children’s Futures? Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - Essential Concepts in Grades 8 - 10 Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - Advanced Pathways in Grades 11 - 12 All sessions will be live streamed on the VDOE YouTube Channel beginning at 6:30 p.m., with a 20-minute presentation from members of the VMPI Planning Committees, followed by a question and answer session for the community. Participants may submit questions to be addressed during the sessions through the Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative form. The Virginia Department of Education welcomes feedback via email at vdoe.mathematics@doe.virginia.gov as the Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative moves forward. |
Yes, it’s clear that the Ds should have done more to fight the misinformation and BS. |
I’m glad to hear. And I hope they’ve now got a resounding no from parents. |
IMO you have to recognize the kernels of truth to fight it. Truth is subjective. This is a really clear example to me. The Ds think CRT is not being taught and the Rs think it is - and they’re both right. |
Yes, they heard that feedback even back in April when detracking was squashed. ![]() |
I don't blame people for thinking they needed to vote R to ensure it didn't happen, for good measure. They're making changes to AAP in FCPS now. It's not like they're not making changes now. |
OK. But it's totally irrational since FCPS has always been able to make those changes itself regardless of VDOE does. Math departments in school districts have adjusted the accelerated paths various ways over the years. It's not a VDOE / governor / political effort. But go ahead and scream about "banning advanced math" to get your candidate elected. Clearly spreading misinformation works. |
Isn't that what makes disinformation so effective? They are just enough hints of truth to make it believable, but it is not actually true. It's BS. |
The Macker would have helped himself by acknowledging that parents speak up to school boards about matters of concern to themselves This wasn’t hard. It’s common sense. He seems dumb, and he ran a dumb campaign. |
It's not my candidate. I'm a D but one who is trying to make them realize the error of their ways before they cause us to get Trump back in 2024. |
That's why you gotta listen to people, hear their concerns, instead of telling them to sit down and shut up and that they're a bunch of morons. |
I think he's going to be great. So happy he won. |
Scary that the guy won campaigning on fear mongering about CRT being taught in schools when it is not even part of the public school curriculum …
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Yawn. Straight from the Virginia Board of Education: Anti-racism requires acknowledging that racist beliefs and structures are pervasive in education and then actively doing work to tear down those beliefs and structures. Strategic planning around racial equity that does not include systemic analysis of racism helps to maintain systems of oppression. In doing so, students are hurt. Systemic racism impacts student learning—resulting in disparate educational outcomes—but it also has a significant impact on students’ social-emotional wellbeing. Racialized outcomes do not require racist actors. Racism goes far beyond individual instances of mistreatment due to skin color. The focus of an anti-racist education agenda should instead be on interrogating and dismantling the system of social structures that produces cumulative, durable, race-based inequalities. Striving for equity and inclusion is not interchangeable with acknowledging systemic racism. Racism cannot be defeated unless it is named for what it is. By naming and framing racism it is no longer ‘masked’ by coded language and denial (from: How school and district leaders can address systemic racism). Racism is dynamic and ever-changing. Racism has been ingrained into society through the incorporation of racialized practices into all the social and economic structures of the United States. The work to dismantle systemic racism—and create school environments grounded in the principles of anti-racism—must adapt to the dynamism of racism through ongoing and active work. In other words, school leaders should not expect to eradicate racism in a few weeks, but rather to continuously evaluate current and future practices with anti-racism as the goal (from: Racial Equity Tools, & Grassroots Policy Project. (n.d.). Race, Power and Policy: Dismantling Structural Racism). Anti-racism requires systemic analysis and proactive action. Anti-racism acknowledges that racism exists, directly and openly names it, and actively works to identify ways in which racism permeates organizational systems. Only then are leaders able to remedy and prevent the racially inequitable outcomes, power imbalances, and the structures that sustain inequities in schools and divisions. Structural racialization is a system of social structures that produce and reproduce cumulative, durable, race-based inequalities. (from The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity) Anti-racist school leaders explicitly and implicitly challenge all manifestations of racism and racialization. Systemic and institutional racism are interchanged, but school and division leaders should note that institutional racism focuses on unfair practices or policies within and between institutions—such as discipline policies—that disproportionately impact students of color. Systemic racism includes institutional racism but takes it further by examining the historical, cultural, and social factors in the unequal power, access, opportunities, treatment, and outcomes between white students and students of color (from: How school and district leaders can address systemic racism). https://www.doe.virginia.gov/edequityva/navigating-equity-book.pdf https://www.virginiaisforlearners.virginia.gov/anti-racism-in-education/ |
We did. In good faith. Many times. That didn’t stop the Rs from relentlessly pushing misinformation. |