The damaging “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” racket needs to be extinguished.
Researchers extraordinaire Jay Greene and James Paul have released a series of three carefully crafted studies on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that detail many aspects of the harmful scheme. In a nutshell, the authors find DEI to be “counterproductive and politically radical.”
The part of the study that examines DEI’s effects on elementary schools is particularly damning. It looks at school districts with at least 15,000 students, of which there are 554, and finds that schools with Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) “actually have larger gaps in achievement between black and white students, Hispanic and white students, and non-poor and poor students than districts without CDOs. And those gaps are growing wider over time. This pattern holds true even after controlling for a host of other observable characteristics of those districts.”
The authors explain that the gaps
occur because CDOs “are more focused on promoting a political agenda
than they are on finding effective educational interventions.” And that
political agenda includes advancing policies that typically exacerbate
achievement gaps, such as eliminating gifted programs and advanced math
classes “while selecting English and Social Studies content for its
political orthodoxy rather than educational quality.”
Why would such a bad idea be such an easy sell? Because when you dress up the words, they can sound good, at least to true believers. But in reality, it’s a nightmare for all concerned, except of course for the “progressive” elites who financially benefit from the racket.................To Read More...
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