Opinion: Iowa shows why we must defend K-12 education from DEI
As the national spotlight continues to shine on Des Moines Public Schools and the curious case of Ian Roberts, lingering in the shadows is a deeper problem: K-12 education’s troubling love affair with race essentialism and advancing far-left ideologies.
Regardless of whether the board’s motivation in hiring Roberts was related to race, what is clear is that he and the district were big advocates of pushing a diversity, equity and inclusion agenda. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common theme that has permeated board rooms, conference rooms, and hiring committees from coast to coast.
For years, school districts have scrambled to implement a wide range of left-wing social justice policies and procedures, particularly when it comes to hiring and retention practices.
Hiding behind the “best practices” claim that student learning is optimal from teachers who share the same skin color and “lived experiences,” districts have established goals and crafted methods to screen, hire, and retain faculty and staff based on identity and adherence to ideologies such as DEI and antiracism.
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