September 6th 2022 was the start of the school year for the Beaverton School District in Oregon. Unbeknownst to them and their parents, these little kids and their teachers were going to be part of the district’s latest risky experiment. These innocent, 5 year old children are going to be the first to experience a new Social Science curriculum, hand-crafted by a consultant whose work centers equity, anti-oppressive education, social justice pedagogy, and activism. Kindergarten teachers were given little training and preparation to deliver these new lessons on not-so-typical Social Science topics like:
That bit about equality versus equity is pure propaganda. Your wife's translation is spot on . So true.