Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "‘It’s not about the kids anymore’: Parents, educators spar over 'woke' agenda in schools" video.

  1. That is because silence equals being complicit. Because race is such an undercurrent in many aspects of our society, if you are not talking against racism, the students are absorbing negative information subliminally without the tools they need to dismiss the negativity. Those subliminal messages usually lead to students turning that negativity against themselves in a kind of self loathing. So they might start to agree with what the society seems to be telling them about who is a criminal, who is a failure, who is not smart, etc.
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  2. Strengthening the federal Department of Education would be helpful. A national system might create more equal academic outcomes than the current patchwork of state Departments of Education. I fear that some red states actually don't mind having undereducated residents. College educated citizens are more likely to vote blue, and less likely to get stuck in low wage jobs without benefits.
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  3. Yes, because he is selling something. He is pandering to potential customers. That's why this product does not belong in a public school.
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  4. Math and reading skills are certainly fundamental, but the emphasis on those subjects to the exclusion of others is driven by the overwhelming emphasis on high stakes standardized testing, not quality academic practice. Given the political nonsense going on in our nation, it is clear that we have paid a high price for taking time away from civics and accurate history instruction. Remember that some red candidates make jokes about how much they love uneducated voters. A closer look at increasing time on accurate social studies is overdue.
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  5. I hope you are not already indoctrinated. Remember, they are selling a product.
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  6. Please read the SCOTUS opinion on Brown vs Board of Education. It is well documented why segregated environments are damaging to children. The doll study is especially famous and illuminating about the negative impact of segregation on the self image of a child. A child without a healthy self image will not learn. So all of the rote learning of facts will not penetrate because fundamentally the child knows that she doesn't really matter in that society. Read. The information has been available since the 1950s.
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  7. Or that we nationalize more of our public education system. I don't see how it benefits the nation to have Oklahoma in one place and NYS in another place in terms of academic standards. I think some red states have a vested interest in starving their public schools, because certain red candidates actually prefer undereducated voters. Just saying....
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