School Districts Looking for Woke Social Justice Warrior Teachers 'Committed' to DEI AgendaBy Becky Noble
August 23, 2023
As with most things, there was a positive side to the COVID pandemic. Virtual learning gave parents the opportunity to really get a good look at what was going on in their children's classrooms. They were not happy with what they saw. While math and reading scores among American students continue to fall, due in large part to those lockdowns, school districts have other priorities, and they do not involve bringing up those math and reading scores so that American students will be competitive with other students around the world. School districts in many parts of the country are screening teacher applications based on, you guessed it, their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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The National Opportunity Project is a non-profit government watchdog organization. In their August report, they cited several school districts that are using things like job descriptions, interview questions, and other rubrics to determine just exactly, who those applicants are that are "committed to social justice," and are willing to “systematically interrupt institutional bias.” But is that really the job of a teacher? The report also goes on to say that, basically, many school districts are not bothering to hide their DEI agenda and that it should come as no surprise that they do not. It says in part:
The influence of political and social ideology on teacher hiring in K-12 public district schools is unmistakable. But it also comes as no surprise, given the devotion that districts articulate through various public commitments and policies. Whether branded as an Equity Statement, Commitment to Educational Equity, Anti-Bias/Anti-Racism Presuppositions, or similar, such manifestos recast the role and purpose of public schools as arbiters of social justice and racism-eliminators.
Some of the school districts cited in the report should also come as no surprise as to what the real nature of their hiring of "qualified" teachers entails. Among some of the tactics employed, Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools ask teacher candidates how they plan to include "gender diversity" and “different racial and cultural backgrounds” into lesson plans. They are also asked how they will make sure that student outcomes will not be predicted by “race, ethnicity, culture, gender, or sexual orientation.” If that were not vague enough, Spokane Washington Public Schools would like to know what their potential hires think a "socially just" classroom looks like.
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Source:
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2023/08/23/school-districts-looking-for-teachers-committed-to-dei-agenda-n2162949
