Posted in: News, THINC in the News | Tags: National
Backlash threatens future of equity grading in public schools
By Sean Salai | | The Washington TimesStudents in San Leandro, California, public schools averaging as low as 80% can earn A’s in their classes, and those scoring at least 21% can pass with a D. In Frederick County, Maryland, students with failing scores can retake tests and resubmit essays until they pass. It’s called grading for equity, and educators and parents have increasingly criticized it as a misguided effort to ensure Black and Hispanic children earn the same grades as their White and Asian peers.
Posted in: News | Tags: New York
This historian believes teaching Jewish American history in NYC schools can combat antisemitism
By Amy Zimmer | | Chalkbeat Posted in: News | Tags: Philadelphia
Racism: The Three R’s of Philly Public Schools
By Frannie Block | | The Free Press Posted in: News | Tags: New York
New York School District Distributes State Exam Prep That Accuses Israel of ‘Terrorism’ and Calls Zionism ‘Extreme Nationalism’
By Jessica Costescu | | The Washington Free Beacon Posted in: News | Tags: San Francisco
Red Guards in San Francisco Public Schools
By Laurance Lem Lee | | Beyond Chron Posted in: News | Tags: California
Opinion: With one bill, then another, Legislature seeks to limit ethnic studies controversy
By Marsha Sutton | | Times of San Diego Posted in: News | Tags: New York
Grassroots Victory in New Rochelle
By Jewish Link Staff (Daniel M. Rosen) | | Jewish Link Posted in: News, THINC in the News | Tags: National
Radical ideology in US schools reminds me of the Cultural Revolution in China
By Yukong Mike Zhao | | Washington ExaminerAfter witnessing how communists imposed their radical ideology during China’s Cultural Revolution, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever see the same sort of indoctrination taking place in American schools. But, to my horror, that is precisely what has come to pass.
Posted in: News | Tags: San Francisco
Angry San Francisco parents push back on SFUSD ethnic studies: ‘Ideology over education’
By Jill Tucker | | San Francisco Chronicle Posted in: News | Tags: San Francisco
Ideology or education? New ethnic studies class has parents mad
By Ezra Wallach | | The San Francisco Standard Posted in: News | Tags: California
California’s ethnic studies mandate can’t be fixed, must be repealed
By Tammi Rossman Benjamin | | The Orange County Register Posted in: News | Tags: National
K-12 schools spent $19 million in federal tax dollars on ‘restorative justice,’ ‘equitable grading’
By Micaiah Bilger | | The College Fix Posted in: News | Tags: California
In California, Jewish leaders swap ethnic studies battle for fighting antisemitism in schools — with allies
By Asaf Elia-Shalev | | JTA Posted in: News | Tags: California
Opinion: The California ethnic studies mandate is a train wreck
By Marsha Sutton | | Times of San Diego Posted in: News | Tags: California
Using Ethnic Studies to Malign Jews May Get Harder
By Dan Schnur | | Jewish Journal Posted in: News | Tags: California
How a funding pause and renewed controversies could tank California’s ethnic studies mandate
By Howard Blume | | Los Angeles Times Posted in: News | Tags: California
Bill to address antisemitism in schools to get special hearing Wednesday
By John Fensterwald | | Ed Source Posted in: THINC in the News | Tags: California, Pajaro Valley
California school-board trustees teach hate, division and hypocrisy
By Mitch Siegler and Sara E. Brown | | JNSCalifornia’s Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) in Watsonville, near San Jose, has an antisemitism problem. At a recent PVUSD meeting, Jewish community members voiced concerns about one of the proposed professional development vendors for the district’s “liberated ethnic studies,” specifically the Community Responsive Education.
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