Yes, DIE – the proper way to “acronym” the deceptive DEI of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – the shift from “teaching to think” to “demanding emoting”. Shifting from “reading, writing, ‘rithmatic, logic, reason, history, science knowledgebase building” to “Oppressors vs Oppressed, Social Justice, Sexuality indoctrination, and Equity (forced outcomes by groups) vs Equality (emphasis on the Individual instead of that group). DIE is more proper as it means the death of what the public schools are doing to educate our youngsters.
Think I’m kidding? Ask your school district what their NEAP (standardized testing) is both before they went DIE and afterward. Typically, scores fall because the attention moves from academics to social behavior indoctrination. There are only so many hours in a teaching day and only so much that kids are going to absorb so much info (or stabilizing it) in that day. I already know the answer (we’ve blogged about this here on GraniteGrok).
Like most other States, NH has this same education problem and some want to make it worse (Exeter is one of the worst and is being sued over it – I’m trying to keep it from happening in my town by also suing). That’s the Culture War vs Academic Rigor battle happening in your child’s classroom or school every day. Some of it is driven by teachers, some by Administrations (think Superintendents), and some by school boards). Often, it’s a case, for concerned parents, where to start first? Or which area is the first area to get fixed (e.g., the worst first? Or start with the least Woke virus first?)?
Help is on the way, thanks to the Oregon Association of Scholars. They have come up with a measurement system that helps to objectify what is the rot in your system. While ostensibly set up for colleges and universities, it can be helpful at the school district/school level as well. Reformatted, emphasis mine:
New tool helps parents, students assess DEI ‘sickness level’ at schools
‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t fix it’
Center-right scholars have developed a measurement tool “scorecard” that allows students, parents, taxpayers and legislators to determine how embedded diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and practices are at a given institution. It will “allow stakeholders to assess the damage already done and identify areas for action,” said Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley in a news release that called the tool a way to measure DEI “sickness” levels at colleges and universities.
The tool consists of a list of 36 items that colleges typically engage in, such as: requiring DEI statements for new hires; mandatory DEI trainings and orientations; equity grading mandates; land acknowledgements in university documents; DEI directors among top leadership; campus police trained in DEI; and optional pass/no pass allowances or other “de-grading” methods.
Observers mark a “scorecard,” with one point given for each DEI practice identified.
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Not only is this causing academics to drop, these DIE employees are prioritized – they get higher pay (the result of this new “fad” in education).
According to a Fox News review, at the universities of Michigan, Maryland, Virginia and Illinois, along with Virginia Tech, top diversity employees earn salaries ranging from $329,000 to $430,000, immensely surpassing the average pay for the schools’ full-time tenured professors, who earn between $100,000 and $250,000 on average.
A report published by the Martin Center, a nonprofit institute dedicated to improving higher education in North Carolina, reviewed the amount of money the UNC college system allocated to DEI initiatives.
“DEI, more than a simple way of thinking or a mere teaching material, has become a budget line item, as most UNC-System schools now have DEI-specific staff as well as departments. In total, 14 of the 16 schools have staff who specifically promote DEI, resulting in over $11 million going towards DEI staff salaries within the UNC System,” according to the analysis.
After all, brainwashing and indoctrination is a “skill” – turned into a racket for not just “true believers” but those wanting in on the graft and grift.
And you are paying for it – and not just financially.
(H/T: The College Fix)
