schools - Forum - Command Center2024-03-29T00:38:23Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/feed/tag/schoolsONE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS IT RIGHT ✅️https://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/one-texas-school-district-gets-it-right2022-08-24T14:45:21.000Z2022-08-24T14:45:21.000ZMarty Farrellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/MartyFarrell<div><p style="text-align:right;">It's for this reason that Texas remains the very best state in this REPUBLIC!</p><p style="text-align:right;"> </p><p style="text-align:right;"><a href="https://texasscorecard.com/local/north-texas-school-district-bans-critical-race-theory-and-gender-fluidity/" target="_blank">https://texasscorecard.com/local/north-texas-school-district-bans-critical-race-theory-and-gender-fluidity/</a></p></div>Here's a Resource for Parentshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/here-s-a-resource-for-parents2021-10-22T03:48:46.000Z2021-10-22T03:48:46.000ZRobin Wondershttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/RobinWonders<div><p><a href="https://stoplcpscrt.com/">https://stoplcpscrt.com/</a></p></div>A Courageous Mom Speaks out at Local School Boardhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/a-courageous-mom-speaks-out-at-local-school-board2021-06-05T18:04:03.000Z2021-06-05T18:04:03.000ZRobin Wondershttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/RobinWonders<div><p></p><div id="rumble_vfh1xb"> </div><p></p></div>New York: Cuomo Partners With Bill Gates to Design Post Pandemic Schoolshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/new-york-cuomo-partners-with-bill-gates-to-design-post-pandemic-s2020-05-06T10:50:50.000Z2020-05-06T10:50:50.000ZAdmin Deehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AdminDee<div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left"><img class="align-right" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTepRvxKtNvRHizOGnIsV_1_7fmWTO4HaQnbdl7UEVXxRTX6jMG&usqp=CAU" alt="Not My Governor Cuomo - Home | Facebook" /></p>
<p id="MGHBR57MERBUFAZCWEJZODG2P4" class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left">Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested today that remote learning could become a permanent part of life for New York students, even after the <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> pandemic ends.</p>
<p id="I6A7WSVPAJBCVMAEL7WJHZUIQY" class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left">“The old model of everybody goes and sits in a classroom and the teacher is in front of that classroom and teaches that class and you do that all across the city, all across the state, all these buildings, all these physical classrooms,” Cuomo said during a press briefing in New York City. “Why? With all the technology you have?”</p>
<p id="F3BMBAD3ORDWRIYM4AWFX3UV3U" class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left">Cuomo didn’t say buildings won’t reopen at all. But the state is exploring the possibility that schools will use distance learning in bigger ways in the future, he said.</p>
<p id="ENPO3ZK2RFF7NLGWLWJDLJUZYM" class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left">He acknowledged New York is still new at this and learning as it goes along. Teachers need training. Some students still need devices.</p>
<p id="XFTSTRXPHNAP3FD4F4R3DK76BA" class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left">Cuomo first closed schools in March to slow the spread of the virus. Students have been completing lessons and assignments from home since then.</p>
<p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left">Reopening schools will be a massive undertaking requiring new policies and procedures, Cuomo has said. He has also said he wants to use the opportunity to improve schools.</p>
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<p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left"><a href="https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/05/is-going-to-school-in-person-obsolete-cuomo-wonders-why-old-model-persists.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true">https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/05/is-going-to-school-in-person-obsolete-cuomo-wonders-why-old-model-persists.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true</a></p></div>Virginia Health Commissioner Says Schools Could Remain Closed For Two Yearshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/virginia-health-commissioner-says-schools-could-remain-closed-for2020-04-26T20:55:13.000Z2020-04-26T20:55:13.000ZAdmin Deehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AdminDee<div><p><img class="align-center" src="https://wset.com/resources/media/4169de63-2daf-4840-b208-f5e0143a1872-medium16x9_reopen1.jpeg?1587067210686" alt="Groups protesting Virginia's lockdown say orders violate their ..." /></p>
<p>Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam’s office said Friday that Phase One of reopening the state under federal guidelines could last as long as two years as the state battles the novel Wuhan coronavirus.</p>
<p>“I personally think Phase One will be a two year affair,” said State Health Commissioner Norman Oliver, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “There are a lot of people working on this, and I hope they prove me wrong, but I don’t see it happening in less than two years.”</p>
<p>Phase One under federal recommendations feature a limited reopening of some businesses with strict safety restrictions, social distancing requirements remaining in place, continued teleworking encouraged and face masks suggested in public. Nowhere do the guidelines mention reopening schools that will already remain closed for the rest of the academic year.</p>
<p>The Virginia health department tried to clarify Oliver’s comments on Saturday, saying the health commissioner misspoke when speculating that Phase One of recovery would last 24 months.</p>
<p>“Dr. Oliver intended to say that the Commonwealth will likely be dealing with COVID-19 in some form until a vaccine is produced, not that Phase One itself would take two years,” a department spokesperson told Newsradio WRVA.</p>
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<p><a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/25/virginia-health-commissioner-says-schools-could-remain-closed-for-two-years/">https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/25/virginia-health-commissioner-says-schools-could-remain-closed-for-two-years/</a></p></div>Schoolwork Kids Are Bringing Home Exposes Public Schools’ Radical Leftist Politicshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/schoolwork-kids-are-bringing-home-exposes-public-schools-radical-2020-04-06T21:56:17.000Z2020-04-06T21:56:17.000ZAdmin Deehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AdminDee<div><p><img class="align-center" src="https://www.workingmother.com/sites/workingmother.com/files/styles/opengraph_1_91x1/public/images/2020/03/screen_shot_2020-03-23_at_12.10.59_pm.png?itok=iLipFMQD" alt="20 Hilarious Memes That Sum Up How Homeschooling Is Going for ..." />“Mom, can you look at this assignment?” A few weeks ago, before the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic forced my school-aged children home, I looked at the homework sheet my high school-age child was referring to and quickly realized what prompted the question. The freshman world history reading assignment was about parents raising “theybies.”</p>
<p>Scratching my head, I read through the assigned article, which included definitions such as “gender is a social construct” followed by leading questions asking students to regurgitate gender theory. The next day, my child received an assignment that taught him about critical race theory before he read an article about when black singer Lil Nas X’s song “Old Town Road” was kicked off the country music charts. The class? Physics.</p>
<h2>What Are My Kids Learning?</h2>
<p>Needless to say, now with my kids home and me overseeing their daily e-learning, this is a great opportunity to take a deeper look at the left-wing theories on race and gender, not to mention climate change, that public schools are pushing on my children.</p>
<p>My 11-year-old middle school son was assigned the following two videos for “Integrated Global Studies” class. The first is an alarmist video that promotes donations to a bogus fund. The second has countless grammatical errors and lacks any sort of sourcing.</p>
<p>Before Halloween last fall, the same school sent out this memo regarding cultural appropriation, sharing a Teen Vogue video and explaining that cultural appropriation is “defined as the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another.” (So I guess the school’s annual “Luau Madness” party is also off).</p>
<p>Over the last several years, my children’s schools have pushed for “equity,” which usually starts with a survey or audit about “school climate.” Of course, the ideologues hired to do the surveys always find that certain groups feel oppressed, and thus interventions are necessary to create what they deem as safe learning environments where everyone feels welcome. But only certain dimensions of identity politics, particularly race, gender, and sexuality, are measured. If you are shy or not cool, you are on your own to figure out how to feel welcome.</p>
<p>Schools also push equity agendas by targeting any disparity between racial groups. These disparities are generally blamed on systemic racism and subsequently require an equity intervention through training programs, such as those offered by Pacific Educational Group, Corwin, or any number of consultants in the multimillion-dollar equity consulting industry.</p>
<p>These groups typically provide courses on how to “address the complexities of dismantling white supremacy” or how to use “critical race theory to establish cultural relevance between teachers and students in the racially complex classroom.” Our neighboring Chicago-area school district even used federal Title I funds — earmarked for low-income students — to send school board members to this type of training.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong> Equity Programs Hurt Students</strong></span></p>
<p>My children’s high school defines equity as, “[E]very student should have access to the resources and educational rigor at the right moment in their education regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, language, disability, family background or family income.” At first glance, this looks good. Any decent parent would be horrified if the school were denying kids the resources they need to succeed.</p>
<p>But if you read further, you find language that states equity “confronts systems of advantage and disadvantage based on race, cultural background, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, socioeconomic status, religious belief, and other forms of identity.” If that sounds like Marxist identity politics, it is.</p>
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<p><a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/06/the-schoolwork-my-kids-are-bringing-home-exposes-public-schools-radical-leftist-politics/">https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/06/the-schoolwork-my-kids-are-bringing-home-exposes-public-schools-radical-leftist-politics/</a></p></div>