Parents in Barrington, Rhode Island have slammed a woke school district for cancelling honors classes as part of a move to increase inclusivity and equity amongst students.
Barrington Public Schools were among the best in the state and known for equipping students for Ivy League colleges but have plunged 119 spots in official rankings since it changed its approach to teaching in 2020.
Parents voiced their outrage at a March 30 meeting, claiming the new structure of de-leveling – a system of universal learning – had impacted grades and access to merit scholarships for college.
De-levelling involves keeping all students, regardless of their learning abilities and strengths, in the same class by removing specialized programs.
A dentist father, who said he came from immigrant parents, acknowledged that de-leveling was was made for ‘someone like me,’ but said it will harm children, like his son, six, who also wants to be a dentist.
‘My parents came from Mexico, they didn’t speak English. I went to school, I started off from kindergarten to third grade before my parents could actually read my assignments. You guys have your own idea of what diversity, equity, and inclusion means,’ he said in a video obtained by Fox News.
‘It doesn’t take into account an actual person that has been through some of the worst public schools in Chicago, lives in neighborhoods where people are shooting each other, drug dealers and gang members. That’s where I grew up till I was about 12. So how come no one is asking me? I have a lot to share.
The father said for his son to follow in his footsteps ‘it sounds like he’s going to have to take honors classes’.
school vouchers would solve this problem..dissolve ALL BOEs ..give me my tax dollars to give to a institution I can trust. So glad I don’t have any kids in this luciferian demonic school system!!
Democrat ideas.
ONLY democrats.
Honors and awards are for ANYONE who wants to put the work in.
But Honors students parents, for the most part, DON’T think their kid will be the next LeBron James, or the next Russell Wilson.
THEY check homework.
They support their extra efforts in science and math.
They don’t let their kids hang out on the corner until 1 am on ANY nights, including days where there is school the next day.
They don’t smoke dope in the living room and make fun of others kids for “acting white”.
They don’t think D’s and E’s are GOOD grades on a report card.
THEY know where there kids are at and who they are friends with, and if it’s any wanna-be gangsters or drug dealers, THAT friendship is over quick and their might be an ass-whipping to make the point.
They don’t teach them that the police are bad or dangerous and to fight them.
Yeah. I said it.