Milton Public Schools give intrusive survey to students, commit to affinity groups; parents express concern
In early 2021, parents from Milton, Massachusetts, reached out to Parents Defending Education, expressing concern about a 20-page survey given to their middle school and high school children, asking intrusive…
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Indianapolis Public Schools ‘affinity groups’ separate staff by race, religion, ability, sexual orientation, gender
In August 2021, Indianapolis Public Schools Office of Racial Equity sent out an interest survey to district employees with information about its staff “affinity groups.” The group options were: “Ability…
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MELS High School offers race based affinity groups to students.
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning High School in Forest Hills, NY planned affinity groups, also known as racially segregated spaces, during BLM At School week.
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Providence School Department makes radical shift in curriculum, offers staff professional development credits for participation in race based affinity groups
Ramona Bessinger is a teacher in Providence (and also a parent with a child in school) who decided to go public with her concerns about curriculum changes, race based groups…
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The Wheeler School hosts a “Working Group for White Parents and Guardians” and recommends ‘Woke Kindergarten’ on its website
In April, the first “Antiracism Working Group for White Parents and Guardians” was held, initiated by several parents “to support Wheeler’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.” Other…
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The Brentwood School Sorts Students and Families by Race, Religious Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation
The Brentwood School, a private school in Los Angeles, hosts “dialogue and community building sessions” that are intentionally segregated. As of late January, 2021 this is what the calendar…
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Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District acts on New York State Education Department’s “call to action” by creating racially segregated groups; middle school social justice club has “courageous conversations about the intersectionality of identity and race”
In 2018, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) issued the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining (CR-S) Education Framework. The Framework was designed “to support education stakeholders in developing…
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Newton Schools embrace affinity groups, teach students they must “dismantle racist structures, ideas and practices” and replace them with “antiracist structures, ideas and practices”
The Newton Public Schools brought on their first director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in October of 2020 and has since created a Race and Achievement Leadership Team…
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Pierce Middle School sponsors race-based ‘affinity groups’
On Oct. 22, 2020, Pierce Middle School’s “Mosaic Club” held its first meeting. In a letter from the school principal to parents, the Mosaic Club is described as “an affinity…
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