Schools Obsessed With DEI

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Here’s why parents should call for a focus on reading. Our schools are unwittingly creating America’s inequities and divisions. Faulty reading instruction and social promotion, not racism, are leaving children of all races behind— educationally and economically. Proven solutions are available but unpopular with teachers. With ECF’s tools, parents can challenge school leaders to focus on reading, not DEI. Read More.

Parents Should Challenge Their School Board About Critical Race Theory

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Refocusing Schools on Their Academic Mission (Video Series) “If schools were doing their job, anti-racism measures would be unnecessary” These videos show that the racial and economic disparities cited by Critical Race Theory are created by the ineffective early schooling afforded economically disadvantaged children, not systemic racism. School boards focused on race in the absence of educational excellence should be challenged to fulfill their primary mission first.  Outcomes that are merely comparable to those of demographically similar schools … Read More

CRT: An Excuse for Educational Failure

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Critical Race Theory is an Excuse for Educational Failure The socioeconomic disparities Critical Race Theory cites as evidence of racism are primarily the result of public education’s failings. Insensitivity to the unique educational needs of disadvantaged children-­both white and minority–has resulted in substandard learning outcomes for both. Minority children, however, have suffered greater harm because more of them are economically disadvantaged and educationally delayed at school entry. Some school districts are confronting the problem but many deflect responsibility … Read More

Cost of Reading Failure: Any US School

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According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only a third of 4th-grade students in the U.S. read at a proficient level.  Approximately 70% of the two-thirds who are not up-to-speed in reading will either drop out or graduate unprepared for college or the workplace (i.e., they will require remedial studies or struggle with on-the-job training). Dropouts and unprepared graduates are an economic burden to themselves and taxpayers.  Their educational attainment is a barrier to self-sustaining wages.  Over a working lifetime, they … Read More

Tennessee Teacher Prep Change Would be First in the Nation

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A bill before the 2019 Tennessee General Assembly could lead to dramatic improvements in teaching, learning, and college readiness for Tennessee’s PK-12 students. The bill would require the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to incentivize Tennessee’s public universities for producing a greater percentage of highly effective new teachers.  It would do so by incorporating the percentage of newly graduated teachers who produce above-average achievement gains into THEC’s Quality Assurance funding program. Although Tennessee’s universities have historically produced many excellent teachers, a decline in quality … Read More

Early Reading Success & College

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In most states, a school district’s number of proficient third-grade readers is highly predictive of the number of 8th graders who will be proficient five years later.  The significance of this fact is that 8th-grade reading skill is highly predictive of high school outcomes and preparedness for work and college.   In other words, third grade reading success is vitally important because it predicts the trajectory of a child’s educational career.  The above chart school district reading scores illustrates … Read More

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