Surveys in Schools 101
Parents have noticed a steep rise in the frequency and intrusive nature of surveys given to their children at school. Schools are increasingly sacrificing time spent on academic subjects to…
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California school district surveys middle schoolers on Title IX issues
Sacramento City Unified School District is surveying middle school students on “gender equity.” The California school district conducts a school climate survey every year in which it asks students in…
Investigations
California school district surveys middle schoolers on Title IX issues
Sacramento City Unified School District is surveying middle school students on “gender equity.” The California school district conducts a school climate survey every year in which it asks students in…
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DAILY MAIL: Anger after elite $57,000-a-year Brooklyn private school Poly Prep asks students as young as 10 if all racial groups are as smart as each other, their sexual orientation and their parents’ political beliefs
An elite Brooklyn private school was forced to shelve an invasive questionnaire that surveyed students as young as 10 about their sexual orientation and their parents’ political beliefs.
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NEW YORK POST: Poly Prep school in NYC questions kids on race, gender in woke survey
Brooklyn’s prestigious Poly Prep Country Day School pried into its students lives with a “diversity and inclusion” questionnaire, posing invasive queries on their sexual orientation, political beliefs and pride in…
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Walpole Schools administer “equity survey”; parents say they had no idea until their children were placed into focus groups
Walpole Public Schools brought in outside consultant, Mass Insight, to conduct an equity audit for the district. This decision was communicated in the superintendent’s report at a school…
Incidents
DAILY CALLER: New York City Prep School Tosses 62-Page ‘Unreliable’ Climate Survey After Parent Backlash
An elite New York City prep school administered, and then retracted, a controversial 62-page diversity “climate survey” to students in grades 5-12, according to emails obtained by a concerned parents…
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Students given highly invasive survey on “adverse childhood experiences” in summer school class
Students in a summer school class at Francis Howell High School in Saint Charles, Missouri were given a survey to determine their ACE Score. ACE stands for “Adverse Childhood…
Incidents
Make Intrusive School Surveys “Opt-In” Rather Than “Opt-Out”
Student surveys have become ubiquitous in schools under the broad umbrellas of “social-emotional learning” and “school climate.” The surveys and “screeners” that students are increasingly asked to fill out at…
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