Neetu Arnold on X - "Washington State fell from 12th to 25th place in national math scores Perhaps “Illustrative Math” and teaching students that math is “oppressive” aren’t helping"
Clearly, the problem is too little anti-racism and even more is needed
What a boob: Texas school district bans Virginia state flag and seal over naked breast - "Virginia’s state flag and seal, depicting the Roman goddess Virtus standing over a slain tyrant, her drooping toga exposing her left breast, has been banned from younger students in a Texas school district."
Thread by @StevenWelliever on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "WA K-12 is being Bolshevik’d. That is what Ethnic Studies is. It is the curriculum that all minorities in the USSR were indoctrinated with 100 years ago. I will prove it graphing the keywords in the @WA_SBE memo. Here we go 🧵…
By the 1920s, the USSR was divided into 2 racial groups: Great Russians (52%) & ~190 non-Russian minorities (48%): Backwards & Indigenous Peoples; this is analogous to the the Ethnic Studies division of Americans into Whites (58%) and BIPOC (42%). Great Russian chauvinism was the Leninist charge slung at the ethnic majority Russians, as well as minorities who weren’t going along w/ the communist agenda. This is analogous to the ‘white supremacy culture’ accusation used in Ethnic Studies today. The Stalinist education system, beginning in 1925, used decolonization and indigenization as the method of socialist indoctrination. These terms are replicated in Ethnic Studies. Just as in Stalin’s nationalities policies in the schools, Diversity & Equity (Actual Equality is the translation) were the goals. Diversity meant unity of socialist content thru diversity of ethnic form. ‘Diversity’ was determined to be the surest route to communism. Just like Lenin & Stalin, Ethnic Studies is claiming it will liberate you from racial oppression. Zum Kommunismus! Utopia awaits…
I hope these graphs help illustrate the truth & the danger we are in. The @WA_SBE are a communist cult who are hell-bent on installing Ethnic Studies as a graduation requirement, as well as the content of all subjects, K-12. And there is little standing in the way."
CasperOtto on X - "LEFTIST HACK TERESA BORRENPOHL WAS WARNED 3 TIMES TO STOP HECKLING THE SPEAKERS!! SHE CONTINUED ON AND WAS RIGHTFULLY REMOVED!!"
Suzanne 🇺🇸♥️ on X - "Mom from CA says “she feels betrayed by the very people she thought would protect and educate her daughter!” Then, of course, the school board director shuts her down, as if she’s just a nuisance.. Parents Do Not Matter to Democrats, and they run the Public school system."
The same people who are getting upset at her being removed for shouting and disrupting the town hall and claimed that she was being silenced and it was dangerous to democracy cheered the silencing parents who asked school boards difficult questions about grooming and related questions. The parents did not throw public tantrums because they weren't left wingers, but if they had and had to be removed too, left wingers would've rejoiced
Heather Lauer on X - "Yesterday at a Blaine County legislative town hall hosted by the Democrats' central committee, a handful of Republicans voters were in attendance - outnumbered roughly 10 to 1 - yet managed to remain composed throughout the event. During the Q&A session, the Republican audience members patiently raised their hands and posed respectful questions. By contrast, several Democrat attendees adopted a hostile tone toward the end, repeatedly interrupting and shouting at speakers. Claiming such disruptions as mere “dissent” is absurd; in a structured forum, speaking out of turn is simply bad behavior and disrespectful to everyone else in attendance. Idaho Democrats should learn to engage in politics as mature participants rather than resorting to tantrums and biting people. No wonder their influence in the state continues to wane. #idpol #idleg"
Thread by @MegEBrock on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "🧵To understand the importance of the LGBTQ+ book Supreme Court case, you have to understand its queer theory in action. Queer theory seeks to disrupt and deconstruct any/all normative sexual behavior. This is not passive, it’s intentional. It’s a feature, not a bug.
This is spelled out in a petition filed by the parents which says: “The story books were chosen to disrupt ‘cisnormativity’ and ‘either/or thinking’ among students.” The purpose of teaching kids about gender ideology isn’t to inspire kindness, it’s to disrupt norms. Children are innocent. The mere act of introducing materials about sexuality is already disrupting normative behavior (being an innocent child who doesn’t think about sex and sexuality). Breaking these norms is equivalent to a religious cult indoctrination and has long term consequences. Children in fact have “either/or thinking” as noted in the petition. A young child isn’t supposed to process materials about sexuality. When you flood their mind with information they can’t developmentally handle, you are overwhelming them by creating scenario they cannot process. Overwhelming a persons emotional capacity is by definition a trauma. When you overwhelm a child it’s much easier to mold them. When you mold a child to accept something as insane as believing a men can be women, you can likely mold them to oppose any normative behavior. You’ve successfully indoctrinated them into your religious cult. You’re also training them to rely on the cult to understand the world. Some might call this “grooming.” Part of Queer Theory’s end game is to create cult evangelists- commonly known as activists. Remember that the “Q” in LGBTQ stands for “Queer.” I’ve spent hundreds of hours reading materials from LGBTQ activists and there is almost always an element of encouraging children and teens to become queer activists. As a society, we must protect the innocence of children. Schools should not recruiting children into the religious cult of queer activism. Read about the Supreme Court case here:"
Supreme Court To Consider If Religious Parents Can Opt Kids Out Of Sexually Explicit Storybook Readings - "Books elementary school teachers read to students include “Pride Puppy,” which asks students to look for images of items like “underwear” and the name of a “controversial LGBTQ activist and sex worker,” and “Intersection Allies,” which asks students to consider questions like what it means to be transgender, according to court documents. While the school board initially allowed parents with religious objections to opt their children out of the program, it later changed its decision and declined to even offer parental notice. Opt-outs are available for sex ed classes mandated in high school, yet the district denies opt-outs for the “LGBTQ-inclusive” storybooks it required for elementary students in just 2022, according to parents’ petition"
Opting out of left wing indoctrination "hurts" queer people, of course
Meme - Stat Shepherd @stat_sherpa: "There is almost no correlation between the amount a school district spends per student and test scores."
*Scatterplot* "Spending & Test Scores. Avg. Spend Per Student & Avg. Test Scores By School District (2009-2019)"
Clearly, this is proof they're not spending enough since the effect doesn't show up, and even more money needs to go to schools (i.e. teachers' unions)
My high achievers are starting to notice their hard work doesn't matter : r/Teachers - "6th grade teacher in a SBG district. We are not allowed to take off any points for late work and because "creativity/visual appeal" on projects isn't a standard of mine, I am not allowed to grade it. Meaning one kid has a poster with nothing but some words written in pencil gets the same exact grade as the kids who went above and beyond. They've started to notice that the kids who turn things in late face no consequences, and the kids who do the bare minimum get the same grade as them. One of them said to my face "how is it fair he turned his project in late with nothing but pencil on his poster but mine is on time and creative but we get the same grade?". I didn't know how to respond appropriately so I asked my admin what I should say and they told me "Tell them that life isn't fair". So now I have kids catching on to this, refusing to work because they now know they can do it whenever they want with no consequences and then when they do work they do the bare minimum, because why would you work harder for the same amount of credit? Honestly, I can't blame them. I would do the exact same thing if I was in 6th grade now. I don't know how to solve this problem because "If it's not a standard, it can't be graded"."
Clearly, the education system has failed, because the kids don't have empathy
Wall Street Apes on X - "Mayor Brandon Johnson just gave Chicago Teachers Union a $1.25 billion dollar raise while the city is broke Just 14% of students are proficient in reading and math The average CTU salary is already $114,429 per year And they’re getting a $1.25 billion dollar raise…"
Obviously they aren't spending enough
New School Program Raises Awareness Of Things Kids Didn't Know They Were Supposed To Be Offended About | Babylon Bee - ""Kids are starting to think things aren't that bad in America," said W.O.K.E. spokesperson Troy Henson. "That's the kind of backward thinking we want to put an immediate stop to.""
Defiant L’s on X - "Woman calls for someone to assassinate Trump, says she's too busy because she's a teacher."
Ro Khanna on X - "It is absurd that Palo Alto School district just voted to remove honors biology for all students & already removed honors English. They call it de-laning. I call it an assault on excellence. I took many honors classes at Council Rock High in PA."
San Francisco's education chief forced into humiliating U-turn on woke 'Grading for Equity' program - "San Francisco's education chief was today forced into a humiliating U-turn on a woke new program to lower pass marks in an effort to promote 'equity.' Superintendent of Schools Maria Su unveiled the new 'Grading for Equity' plan last night that would have seen homework and weekly testing scrapped, with students allowed to pass with scores as low as 41 - down from the current pass mark of 61. But just hours later on Wednesday afternoon, Su released a statement following widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum saying the district would hold off on implementing the move for a year... Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressman for Silicon Valley known for his progressive values, had slammed the move on X, writing: 'My immigrant dad asked me where the missing 10% went when I scored a 90. He came to America for the chance to work hard & pursue excellence. 'Giving A’s for 80 percent & no homework is not equity - it betrays the American Dream and every parent who wants more for their kids.'... the new plan would have essentially eliminated homework and weekly testing from making up a student's final semester grade. A student's grade would be based solely on their final examination, which they can also take multiple times. Students can also be late in handing in assignments or even fail to appear in class without it having an effect on their overall mark... Current thresholds in place mean a student needs a 90 for an A and at least 61 for a D. The changes mean a score as low as 80 now counts as an A, while a mark of 21 counts as a D. Democrat Garry Tan, a venture capitalist, also blasted the move. He said: 'San Francisco schools is trying its absolute hardest to make sure all middle income families who could move out of the city do so right away... Entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya added: 'This is, on its face, absolutely retarded. It’s also a disgrace that this comes from the preeminent tech capital of the world. 'This will, however, be very good for housing prices in areas surrounding SF.' According to the outlet, the district had consulted Joe Feldman who had helped implement a similar system in Placer County in 2019. In an article on the School Superintendents Association in 2019, Feldman said: 'The percentage of students receiving D’s and F’s decreased — and decreased more dramatically for students of color and for students with special needs."
Requiring attendance and effort is white supremacy
Frank McCormick on X - "Our workforce sucks because teachers like me wasted dozens of hours documenting absence rates to justify failing students, only to have admin say: "Cook the grade books or find a new job." Schools have raised Americans to believe that their behavior is inconsequential."
Thread by @BreastMilkEnjyr on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "There are more Americans with a college degree than Americans who can read at the standard of a 12 year old. For half the population, every year of schooling past the age of 12 is a complete waste. Sharing a classroom with these people is a disaster for the kids with some intellectual prospect. I will not stop my crusade against educationalism until not just the schooling system, but the idea of mass education itself is totally discredited"
Clearly, the US needs to send even more people to college to improve literacy
Thread by @illinoispolicy on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "🚨NEW She makes $265,150 a year. She demands the “wealthy” pay their fair share. But she still refuses pay her water bill—so you're covering her tab. Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates strikes again. 🧵
Stacy Davis Gates owes $1,006.95 in unpaid water, sewer, and trash bills to the City of Chicago. She did this last year too. Back then, she let her bills pile up for over 3 years, hitting $5,700 before quietly paying them off. The latest debt was revealed thanks to a FOIA request filed by the Illinois Policy Institute. The city delayed releasing her info—until she paid up. Again. Funny how that keeps happening.
Let’s be clear: This isn’t about money. It's about entitlement. Davis Gates makes at least $265,150 for her roles with CTU and @iftaft. Why no accountability? In 2022, the Chicago City Council banned water shut-offs for nonpayment. The policy was meant to help the poor. Instead, it conveniently shields a privileged union boss. Her unpaid bills don’t just sit there. They’re subsidized by the rest of Chicago. Including low-income residents who actually pay their utility bills. That’s her idea of “fair share.”
This isn’t the only scandal tied to Davis Gates. She:
👉encouraged violence against principals
👉took an Indiana property tax break she didn’t qualify for
👉withheld financial audits from CTU members
She’s turned CTU into a widely despised machine.
And voters have noticed. 60% of Chicagoans now disapprove of CTU. That’s not just a reflection on the union. It’s a referendum on her leadership.
While Davis Gates pushes higher taxes for working families, she skips out on basic bills. The double standard isn’t just offensive—it’s endemic. And it's happening in public for all to see.
Accountability starts with basic facts. This isn’t a story about politics. It’s about entitlement, hypocrisy, and an unpopular union leader who thinks the rules apply to everyone but her."
Seattle Schools Defy Supreme Court, Ban Parents from Opting Kids Out of Gender and Sexuality Lessons - "Ted Cruz, an actual Constitutional scholar seems to disagree with them."
Nobody is above the law - unless it threatens the left wing agenda
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist on X - "Randi Weingarten just promoted her new book calling those on the side of parents "Fascists." She's wearing a shirt that says "Protect Our Kids." She thinks she owns your kids. Wake up, parents. Dismantle the teachers unions."
Riley Gaines on X - "Anyone who says “our kids” when referring specifically to YOUR kids should set off an immediate red flag. These people operate under the assumption that the state, the system, or some ideology partially, if not entirely, owns your kids."
LeBron-Backed Ohio School Still Rock Bottom in Achievement — Despite ‘Progress’ - "Report cards are in and LeBron James' I Promise School is still failing, but there's "progress" being made, according newly released data from the Ohio Department of Education. The achievement scores for I Promise, the school LeBron started in 2018 in collaboration with the city of Akron to serve at-risk kids, are still bad. Real bad. No, not as bad as in 2023 when it was revealed that not a single 8th grader had passed the Ohio math proficiency test, but there are still major issues, based on the new data that OutKick analyzed... In 2019, LeBron boasted that his school was going to get kids on track after they suffered in public schools "LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise," the New York Times announced less than a year after the school opened. It was a feather in the cap to LeBron. The national media had the storyline it needed: LeBron is a hero. "These kids are doing an unbelievable job, better than we all expected," Mr. James told the New York Times in 2019 after test scores showed his school was working. "When we first started, people knew I was opening a school for kids. Now people are going to really understand the lack of education they had before they came to our school. People are going to finally understand what goes on behind our doors." It doesn't appear the Times has written a single story about I Promise test scores since."
Clearly the problem was too little money, and too many discrimination, racism and stigma
Abolish private school (and charter school, and homeschooling) : r/Teachers - "I love posting my controversial opinions on this sub. I think we should eliminate all private school, all charter schools, and, yes, completely ban home schooling unless it is medically necessary. We should also abolish school choice. I want 100% of education resources out into local public schools. The most efficient way to run things like schools is to pool all resources into one place. Likewise, private schools create a two tiered system that disadvantages working class students. It also creates class segregation. Which brings me to another point. Local property taxes should not be the primary funding mechanism for schools. At least as much only should come from the state and federal government to even out the disparities between communities. I may come off as a bit reactionary when I talk about pedagogy (chalk and talk and drill and kill work, sorry, not sorry). But my economic views are about as far left as you can go. School is for everyone, everyone should get an equal education, and the rich have no right to opt out if that system. Honestly, medicine should be the same way: everyone gets the same, tax funded and government issued insurance, everyone gets the same care. Honestly I think private school abolition should be an issue that public sector teacher's unions should embrace."
Left wingers hate choice
Meme - Soyjak: "If you homeschool your kids, they won't fit in with society."
Society: *various freaky people - 3 unconvincing MTFs, crying pussy hat wearer, double V-sign flashing man. commie, upset 'I <3 science' soyjak, mask-wearer*
adic on X - "new cause area: figure out how to fix the “a large percentage of very smart kids get depressed from ~15-17” problem"
pnorm on X - "Why are Americans so allergic to putting the smart kids in their own special smart kid schools Every other civilized country already does this"
Alec Stapp on X - "This is a really astonishing claim: Students in Mississippi & Louisiana score higher on reading tests than students in California & New York despite spending way less money per pupil and having higher child poverty rates. Decided to double check the data because, if true, this should be alarming for blue state leaders. And yup, it checks out.
Reading performance (NAEP 2024, Grade 4 reading, average scale score):
Mississippi: 219
Louisiana: 216
New York: 215
California: 212
Child poverty (SAIPE; “estimated percent of people age 0–17 in poverty,” 2023):
Louisiana: 25.2%
Mississippi: 24.3%
New York: 18.6%
California: 15.0%
Per-pupil spending (public K–12 “current expenditures per pupil,” FY2023, inflation-adjusted to FY2023 dollars)
New York: $29,588
California: $18,568
Louisiana: $14,822
Mississippi: $12,238
It should be unacceptable to spend that much more taxpayer money while delivering worse results for students."
Hunter📈🌈📊 on X - "In 2017 if you told someone Mississippi would be top 10 in the nation in 4th grade reading in 2025 you'd have been laughed out of the room. And yet..."
Time to mock red states again
Charlie Smirkley on X - "🔴 Red states spend $14.0k per pupil. 🔵 Blue states spend $21.2k. NAEP composite (math + reading 4 and 8):
🔴 244.9 🔵 245.3 Correlations w/ NAEP composite across 50 states and DC.
Raw spend: r = +0.07 and Income-adjusted: r = −0.14."
Sean Fitzgerald (Actual Justice Warrior) on X - "When people realize that Mississippi is spending between $10-$13k per pupil & has gone from 49th in education to 9th in the nation in 13 years, & that they did so by switching to a pre-90s phonics curriculum instead of just flooding a bad system with more money. They'll revolt"
Maybe having bad results is the point, because then left wingers and teachers' unions will keep demanding more money
Sar Haribhakti on X - ""A Black Mississippi child is two and a half times as likely to be proficient in reading by fourth grade as a Black California child." "...states with large increases in school test scores enjoyed rising incomes and drops in teen motherhood, incarceration and arrest rates...""
Rep. Josh Williams on X - "Black children in Mississippi are now performing better in reading and math than black children in New York and California-- despite having much higher rates of poverty and spending much less per student. And the secret was simply not allowing children to move up a grade level unless they can read proficiently. It turns out that when education is prioritized over woke ideology, the outcomes for our kids are better."
Elizabeth Brown on X - "They also switched from balanced literacy to phonics. The podcast series "Sold A Story" has more on why, focusing on why the cueing method of balanced literacy persists, but sight words, from whole language, are also harmful."
Sar Haribhakti on X - ""A Black Mississippi child is two and a half times as likely to be proficient in reading by fourth grade as a Black California child." "...states with large increases in school test scores enjoyed rising incomes and drops in teen motherhood, incarceration and arrest rates..."
zxy on X - "i told a liberal woman this and she laughed and said “um, no” and that was as far as the conversation got. she told me blue state schools are better, blue state people are smarter, the end. if they don’t want to know something they just won’t. no mental gymnastics necessary"
