Thread by @insomnochick

Main takeaways from a webinar I just watched from the Equity Summit of the US Department of Education:
* Equity = school providing more to "those who have less" ("less" TBD by someone who is from a "marginalized" community)
* Non-white kids can't learn well from white teachers 1/

* The Fed. gov't needs to do MORE to ensure "equity" across the nation (those naughty states don't do it right)
* Kids know what they need school to be, let them tell you
* What they need (apparently) is more free stuff (like food, medical care, a ride, a phone, a tablet, etc)2/

* Getting people to give up on silly notions like "equality" under the law (where public dollars are being spent) is HARD WORK y'all!
* Universal pre-k is coming, whether we like it or not
* School needs to pull in ("replace") parents to meet all needs (for the "have-lesses")3/

* American taxpayers are stingy; teachers are still underpaid
* Only the education sector was "traumatized" by the pandemic (apparently)
* "Equity" must be CENTRAL to all we do
* "Representative" diversity matters more than diversity of ideas 4/

*America's core value is now "Justice"
* Meeting individual needs is paramount, as long as they're kids who "have less" than "others," whoever they are (you can guess).
* LGBTQ kids are going to war every day they go to public school, apparently. /END