BREAKING: Jana Parker named the next superintendent of Webster Groves School District in Missouri.
She's a big fan of Ibram X. Kendi.
She has posted:
• "White Fragility is Everywhere"
• "It's Time for White People to Understand their Whiteness"
• "Dr. Suess was racist" 👇🧵
Ibram X. Kendi quote:
"No one becomes 'not racist,' despite a tendency by Americans to identify themselves that way. We can only strive to be 'antiracist' on a daily basis, to continually rededicate...to the lifelong task of overcoming our country’s racist heritage"
Another Ibram X. Kendi quote: "The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination."
"'White Fragility' is Everywhere."
"It's Time for White People to Understand their Whiteness."
"As a white educator, we have a responsibility to NOT be colorblind."
"Kids are not falling behind... 'behind' is simply accepting our measurement of kids against a white, upper-middle-class neurotypical, ableist..."
"We EACH play a part to become an anti-racist organization."
"we know Dr. Suess was racist."
"[Talking] about dismantling an inherently racist educational system."
"We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Jana Parker as the new superintendent of the Webster Groves School District!
Dr. Parker brings a wealth of experience, a deep commitment to equity, and a passion for student success." @WebsterGrovesSD
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BREAKING: Arizona Supt Tom Horne ADMITTED that Primavera charter school should NOT have been classified as "Failing."
The school had their charter REVOKED based on incorrect data.
They serve over 8,000 kids.
This decision needs to be reversed.
I have the proof.
Buckle up 👇🧵
I have obtained the email from Tom Horne.
He ADMITTED:
• The school should have been classified as an "alternative" school
• "Their grade would be C"
• There was "no evidence of inaccuracy" of the data supplied by Primavera
This is a smoking gun.
The school's charter was revoked because it wrongly received a "failing" grade.
It was graded that way because it was wrongly classified as a regular school.
BREAKING: The Department of Education just released guidance on school choice options for kids stuck in "persistently dangerous" public schools.
States must establish a list of "persistently dangerous" schools.
Districts MUST provide a school choice option for these kids 👇🧵
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act requires states to provide school choice options for kids:
• In "persistently dangerous" schools
• Victims of violent criminal offenses at school
"Each State must establish its own definition of persistently dangerous schools. This definition can include any factors that the state finds constitute an unsafe environment."
CITY HALL: This guy calls Elon Musk an "illegal immigrant," says the Trump Administration is committing "CRIMES," said there's "genocide in Gaza," and then goes on a profanity-laced tirade.
"I hope he chokes on a bag of d*cks and DIES."
He's a public school history TEACHER 👇🧵
It has been reported that this guy is Matthew Sylvester, a history teacher at Carrollton Public Schools in Michigan.
Bay City Michigan narrowly passed a resolution "to ensure local resources aren't used to enforce federal immigration policies put in place by President Donald Trump."
The Mayor vetoed it and the council fell one vote short of overriding the veto.