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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS’ equity program, SBG program and [b]now restorative justice program[/b] are doing exactly what the OP has suggested.   Sadly they are doing it to great effect.  So now everyone in FCPS suffers.  Congratulations Superintendent Reid, mission accomplished!  [/quote]

When did that start? [/quote]

It is hard to stay on top of all the screwed up things Reid is doing - https://www.fcps.edu/resources/student-safety-wellness/restorative-justice [/quote]

Vote republicans on to the FCPS school board and maybe they can stop Michelle Reid’s extremist “social justice” initiatives harming our school system.

If you vote for democrats again, things will only get worse.  Much worse.[/quote]
How can we be certain republicans wont continue the same extremist nonsense being pursued by current democratic board?[/quote]Republicans certainly have their share of bad ideas but I think the point is to have a bit of viewpoint diversity so light can be shed on bad leftist ideas.  No one I'm on the board is doing that right now because they're either leftists or left enough to not want to say anything.[/quote]

Illinois schoolchildren did a little better this past school year, but they are still behind where they were before the pandemic hit and put them out of their classrooms for large blocks of time.

It’s interesting timing as Illinois state lawmakers are showing too little interest in keeping the one thing that worked during the pandemic: school choice.

Scores for public schools were just released and showed only 35% of students in grades 3 through 8 could read at grade level in 2023, according to the Illinois Report Card. Only 27% met proficiency in math.

That is 3 percentage points lower in reading and 5 points lower in math than before the pandemic.

High school juniors taking the SAT posted similar proficiency: 32% could read and 27% do math at grade level.

Illinois Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders said the state has a “significant distance to travel” toward recovery after pandemic-era school closures caused record-low proficiency rates statewide.

Really? You mean Illinois shouldn’t be satisfied when roughly 2 of every 3 students are behind?

The state’s education leaders were spinning the scores as “strong progress” because both elementary reading and math increased from the prior year. They also celebrated the high school graduation rate, which sits at 87.6% for the class of 2023 – the highest it has been in 13 years.

But look back a year at when the graduating class of 2023 were tested as juniors. Just 30% met grade-level standards in reading and 29% in math when they took the state-required SAT in spring 2022.

So, our record graduation rates are basically sending 7 of every 10 young adults out into the world ill-prepared for the demands they will face.

How long will it take for college admissions officers and hiring managers to start saying: “Oh. That’s an Illinois high school diploma. Maybe we should take the Massachusetts grad.”

More:      https://www.illinoispolicy.org/policy-shop/the-policy-shop-illinois-last-stand-for-school-choice/[/quote]

School choice helps URM and lower SES students succeed.  But the teachers unions hate the idea, and they will funnel the $$$ they collect from members to sleazy lobbyists solely to fight  choice.[/quote]

“School choice” is code for vouchers. You aren’t getting vouchers.[/quote]

Taxpayers pay to support kids in public schools, not to subsidize kids in private schools. 
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