By: Diane Benjamin
See this document obtained by FOIA from District 87:
That document is a training course for teachers – Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
The links were disabled by District 87 because the truth hurts. The video below is part of this document however.
District 87 used a video with cartoon drawings to explain the difference between Equality and Equity. Making everyone Equal is the goal of equity. When I watched the video it was clear to me equity sets up failure. Staff was REQUIRED to participate.
You can watch the whole 4 1/2 minute video but here’s some screenshots:
3 kids are watching a baseball game over a high fence. It claims this is Equality. The tall kid didn’t need a box to see over the fence, the short girl can barely see over it, and the kids in a wheelchair can’t see at all.
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This is the solution the video suggests:
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Note the tall kid got his box taken away. The short girl got 2 boxes, and the kid in the wheelchair got a ramp. The result will be the girl falling off the boxes and the kid in the wheelchair rolling backwards down the ramp!
Instead of teaching kids how to think through problems they are taught they are entitled to solutions someone else dreamed up – even if that solution is dangerous.
Why didn’t the kids move to a place where the high fence wasn’t protecting people from foul balls? If the fence is around the stadium why didn’t they pay to get in and see the game? The scenarios are endless. No wonder your kids are locked into failing schools by zip code. Education isn’t the goal of public education. Parents deserve school choice. You will have to move to a state that knows competition creates excellence. Illinois doesn’t.
From the document, after watching the video:
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District 87 is teaching teachers to set the kids up for failure. They spend $17,000 per student and the graduation rate is 77%. https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/district.aspx?source=profile&Districtid=17064087025
Click on Academic Progress – District 87 is below state standards everywhere.
Maybe DEI is why 27% are chronically absent. Students who are taught marxism instead of HOW to succeed have no reason to value an education. This is not education. Your kids deserve better. Obviously giving District 87 more money won’t help education. Vote NO on the 1% Sales Tax increase.
Would be curious & revealing what orgs/partners and specially who are producing and creating these mandatory “training” courses and materials and system. (the state/local entities and $ funnel in the name of “educating” and training) has always been a huge thing. $$$
I’m working on a story for tomorrow. $$$ us hard to determine
What if the tall kid was a genius or worked very hard and could achieve greatness but someone took all his boxes (resources) away? He should have been in API classes but there were too many Asian kids in them already. He was excluded in the name of inclusion. (the real meaning of equity by the way). But the good news is he’s just like everyone else now and we’re all happy about that.
Without equity would we not build access ramps into schools or do special tutoring for those falling behind?
Are there any real-world examples of how equity works instead of cartoons about fences, picking apples or someone getting a bigger slice of pie? Some of us did graduate from grade school.
How successful has equity been since 2017-2018 when it was introduced in Illinois? There is data available. I don’t expect they want to talk about that though.
All of this because the video showed a solution? The tall kid didn’t need the two boxes, it didn’t give him an advantage and he didn’t work for it. Tall people don’t need more height, that’s the metaphor. People don’t need what they don’t need, solutions can come and equity can come when everyone puts up what’s fair. Talk about common sense, what you all claim to have.
Thanks for the Marxists comment info
@Dummies, I’ll ask again then. How successful has equity been since 2017-2018 when it was introduced in Illinois?
All this crap and I call it crap because there is only one thing that our schools need to focus on
Teach our children how to read, write, and work simple math problems
No wonder the results of our current educational system shows that our students are assessed well below those standards that they should be at for every grade level
My God just get back to reinforcing the basics and forget all this feel good crap.
The liberal demonrats should be embarrassed but unfortunately they are not capable of thinking rationally
How sad!
Who is responsible for this shit? And I do mean shit. Hope D87 isn’t getting/doesn’t need federal funding. They already made alt news headlines once last week with their “one step” crap.
I let that pass. This? I am texting two of me Congress pals to make sure D87 fed funding, if it exists, gets the axe.
I better not get a whiff of DEI or I’ll be at the school raising Cain. This is patently unacceptable.
While D87 isn’t stellar it is far better than Unit 5. But this isn’t helping.
And I have been informed my kids are chronically absent. Unless those jackwagons have a cure for flu and want to hire on some of the region’s best medical specialists that’s not likely to change. It does antagonize the parents to send threatening email notices though.
Send a truant officer. I double dig dare you. Make damn sure they have a bodycam rolling to catch an earfull they can share with the jackwagons busy dreaming up their AI on absences and DEI offerings.
I see myself going to the next school board meeting
I’ll bet that 77% graduation rate is inflated. I know several young adults who graduated from D87 and can’t figure out how to determine a 15% tip or make change (basic math.) They don’t even know how to go about it, let alone come up with the correct number. Sadly, that’s not unique to D87. Our education system is failing to educate many students on the basics, including how to read.
@Longgone – That rate is probably sadly correct. In the last 7 years since the Equity ideology overtook public schools, proficiency rates have declined, SAT scores have declined, almost all disparities btw races have increased, and absenteeism has increased. Everything Equity said it would improve *have worsened*. At the same time grades assigned by teachers and therefore graduation rates have increased.
A combination of lowered standards and lenient grading give us young adults entering the workforce or college that can’t read or do math.
The Illinois’ school system is failing. They are wiping their hands and passing the buck onto us.
Speaking of schools watching the boys high school basketball finals this weekend did anyone catch the team from south Chicago can’t remember the name but wow their arms were covered with tattoos. Now I don’t have a problem with someone getting tattoos but come on these are high school students. Not only too young but where are these children getting the money to do all these.,
I also wish them luck getting high paying jobs once they are out of school oh well may they will get picked up by a pro team.