Posts Tagged ‘“Equity” in Education’
FCPS’s “Women’s History Month” Proclamation Says a Lot
Almost all meetings of the FCPS School Board include one or more “proclamations” to recognize noteworthy people or events, such as the 100th anniversary of a school, black heritage month, school custodians, LGBTQIA+ pride month, immigration heritage month, etc. A recent proclamation caught my eye because it underscores the ideological bias that permeates FCPS. The…
Read MoreThe Anti-Public Reality About FLECAC’s “Reform” Is Revealed
The Fairfax County School Board, at its March 13, 2025 meeting, surprised the community by terminating the controversial Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC) as a School Board advisory group. The move seemingly came out of nowhere. There was no prior public notice of it and hardly any discussion of it at the meeting. …
Read MoreThe Cost of DEI in FCPS
“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” programs are crumbling almost everywhere, as institutions are realizing that DEI can be costly, divisive, ineffective, and contrary to American values. The trend began before the new administration took power in Washington on January 20, and it will surely mushroom in the coming months. There is no visible sign, however, that…
Read MoreTJ Drops in Quality Rankings, Again
Fairfax County’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) used to be the #1 high school in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings. It achieved this status in three consecutive years — 2020, 2021 and 2022. But it slipped to #5 in 2023. And it has dropped to #14 in…
Read MoreHas the TJ Experiment Been a Success?
We are more than three years into the TJ experiment, but the Fairfax County School Board hasn’t yet addressed its successes and failures. Whether an objective analysis will ever be conducted is questionable, for the program was adopted primarily for ideological reasons, and the Board may be reluctant to subject its ideological assumptions to scrutiny. …
Read MoreIt’s a Sad Day: TJ Discriminatory Admissions Policy Is Allowed to Stand
The U.S. Supreme Court, in an order entered yesterday, declined to review the decision of a court of appeals in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board that upheld a discriminatory admissions policy for the once-elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (“TJ”). Two justices (Alito and Thomas) voted to take the…
Read MoreBeware the Social Studies Curriculum — Part 2
Documents obtained under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act reveal a disturbing ideological bias in the social studies curricula of Fairfax County public high schools (FCPS). The first article on this subject, which is HERE, discloses that after the current School Board took office in 2020, the curricula were extensively revised to view history and government…
Read MoreBeware the Social Studies Curriculum! — Part I
As a new academic year begins, Fairfax County citizens should be aware of what our children will be taught in the public schools. Particular attention should be given to the social studies curriculum. It is not a straightforward education about history and government. It is agenda-driven, emphasizing a viewpoint supported by “progressives” and race-theory advocates. …
Read MoreSchool Board Amends Title of Equity Policy — Why?
On June 26, 2023, the Fairfax County School Board adopted a new, sweeping “Equity Policy.” At its next meeting, on July 13, the title was changed. It is now called the “Educational Equity Policy.” The amendment was on the meeting’s “consent agenda” and was adopted without any discussion, so the public doesn’t know who proposed…
Read MoreWill the Harvard/U.N.C. Decision Affect the TJ Admissions Case?
On May 23 of this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, overturned a federal district court’s ruling that the new admissions standards for the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (“TJ”) violated the “equal protection of the laws” mandate of the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. …
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