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Hi Kid: Are Traditional Grades Unfair and Unjust?
Featuring: DEI Valued Higher Than Academics, *Another* PSD Sex Offender and a NEW Hi Kid Podcast
LET’S TALK ABOUT IT…
Equity or Academics?
Does academic merit need to be protected?
Representative Burgess Owens, a Republican from Utah and chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee announced a new US House of Representatives caucus this week designed to address the issue of merit in K-12 public education. The Merit Caucus aims to promote “…the idea that with determination, effort, and merit, success, the very foundation of this great nation, can be achieved,” according to Owens.
The goal of the caucus is to protect merit-based, challenging curriculums and combat what they say is the growing trend of lowering expectations for students with implementation of “equitable grading” practices. The caucus listed examples of their concern, including Seattle Public Schools’ closure of several schools dedicated to educating gifted and talented students, and the implementation of “equitable grading” systems in both Boston Public Schools and Portland Public Schools.
So this made us wonder if our local school districts were following in the footsteps of other districts pivoting from away from merit and academic achievement toward equity.
Once again we had to pull up Poudre School District’s strategic planning slide. We think the district is crystal clear about its values.
DEI is a value.
Diversity.
Equity.
Inclusion.
In EVERYTHING the district does.