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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would estimate 80-90% of people who post here did not vote for Youngkin, but this lesson is why Youngkin won. If the Democrats stick to defending these lessons and say “CRT” is not in schools because they’re pedants about what CRT is, then the red wave will break records. This lesson is offensive.  This lesson has nothing to do with English class.  But, I hope Democrats cling to this - the seismic shift from Democrat to Republican will just continue. [/quote]

I didn't vote for Youngkin (or Trump) and haven't voted R for a top level position for probably a decade or more, but you can bet I did and will vote for every 'R' down the rest of the ticket exactly because of this and the other equity crap being pushed right now - specifically the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative to get rid of advanced math classes because "equity."[/quote]

Awww, you poor thing. God forbid some other child has the same advantages as yours.

If you want special treatment for your advanced kid, get a tutor. Lots of parents do this. Public school is for the collective, not your individual kid. If you're relying on only the schools to get your desired outcome or path for your kid, then you're failing as a parent. [/quote]

Having tutors/ extra instruction seemed to be one of the things vmpi was against. When they said on the webinars that some kids were privileged (had a head start because parents could send them to kinder already knowing how to count, ability to send kids to tutors/extra classes) and that to have more equitable education some people would have to give up their privilege, it definitely seems that they want parents to not allow their kids to progress at anything other than the rate of the slowest kid in the homogeneous class.

They could have instead tried to focus on ways to give more children access to those advantages ( free pre k programs, extra instruction for slower/disadvantaged students). But it truly seems what they were going for was a norming to the lowest common denominator approach [/quote]

It’s government school. While every child is entitled to a free and appropriate education, “appropriate” might mean “everyone gets the same” rather than previous interpretations that indicated “appropriate” means best suited to the child, whether that’s advanced/gifted education for one, remedial for another and the child that needs remedial today may be best served by advanced education three years from now.

Government does one size fits all much better than it specializes.

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