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‘Woke Kindergarten’ Blew Money on Odd Curriculum, High Pensions

Adam Andrzejewski | March 26, 2024 (RealClearWire) — Topline: A California school spent $250,000 in federal funds to hire a teacher training service called Woke Kindergarten, but after two years, student performance got even worse, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. An audit by researchers at OpenTheBooks.com revealed that almost two-thirds of employees at the […]

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Maryland School Spent $4 Million to Figure Out How to Use Grant Money

Adam Andrzejewski | March 14, 2024 (RealClearInvestigations) — Topline: Schools in Maryland have been using grant funding to hire consultants to teach them how to use the grant funding, according to a new report from the state Inspector General. Key facts: Maryland has sent $649 million in grants to schools in impoverished communities since 2019. But the state provided

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Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal of Learning

Pictured: American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (Credit: US Department of Education) Vince Bielski | January 23, 2024 (RealClearInvestigations) — Call it the big reset – downward – in public education. The alarming plunge in academic performance during the pandemic was met with a significant drop in grading and graduation standards to ease the

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Loudoun County Schools Spokesperson’s Sweet Contract

Adam Andrzejewski | January 9, 2024 (RealClearInvestigations) — The spokesperson for Loudoun County Public Schools makes more than a quarter of a million dollars — more than the Virginia governor, the White House Press Secretary, and many federal government attorneys are earning. Loudoun County Public Schools hired Natalie Allen as chief communications officer, using taxpayer

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New! Advanced Public Education! Compare With Brand ‘Equity’!

Vince Bielski | April 27, 2023 (RealClearInvestigations) — Nico’s prospects were already looking dicey in the second grade. Raised by his Latina grandmother in a Spanish-speaking home, he was a witty boy whose clowning got him branded as a troublemaker in an Arizona public school outside Phoenix.  But Nico was saved from this downward spiral

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One-Size-Fits-All Education Doesn’t Work, But ‘Diversity’ Advocates Are Doubling Down

Vince Bielski | February 23, 2023 (RealClearInvestigations) — There’s a world of difference in the abilities of elementary school students in the Trotwood-Madison City School District, outside Dayton, Ohio. Some low-performing fifth graders are only capable of reading first-grade picture books with basic words like dog and cat, says Angie Fugate, a district specialist focusing on gifted

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With Schools Ditching Merit for Diversity, Families of High Achievers Head for the Door

Vince Bielski | January 5, 2023 (RealClearInvestigations) — Alex Shilkrut has deep roots in Manhattan, where he has lived for 16 years, works as a physician, and sends his daughter to a public elementary school for gifted students in coveted District 2.  It’s a good life. But Shilkrut regretfully says he may leave the city,

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