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What if you had to live in a certain neighborhood to visit a certain park? The tv show, Parks and Rec, pokes fun at financial segregation between neighborhoods when a fence is erected in the middle of a shared park. But isn’t this what is happening with school assignment? Read more to learn what Leslie Knope has to do with schools.
Molly of Denali follows 10-yr-old Molly Mabray, an Alaskan Native from the fictional village of Qyah. In Episode 1: “Grandpa’s Drum,” television producers describe the “common boarding school experience” for the Native American community. But the same groups rightly condemning this traumatic educational practice often argue for a modern version of “the common school.” How can that be?
A recent article in City Journal described an “equity-themed” conference that trained teachers on woke curriculum. But, ironically, it’s not asking them to question the power structure they work for…
