UPDATE: It is now being reported that the original source of this story now appears to be questionable.
An Illinois school district has now enacted a new plan to abolish traditional academic standards for students of color in the name of racial justice.
Black students will reportedly no longer be penalized for turning in assignments or misbehaving in class.
As The West Cook News reports:
Oak Park and River Forest High School administrators will require teachers next school year to adjust their classroom grading scales to account for the skin color or ethnicity of its students.
School board members discussed the plan called “Transformative Education Professional Development & Grading” at a meeting on May 26, presented by Assistant Superintendent for Student Learning Laurie Fiorenza.
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This story would be comical if it weren't so sad.
The radicals who run Oak Park IL schools order teachers to not penalize grades of black students for things like skipping class or failing to turn in assignments.https://t.co/tE7uswgCHS
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) May 31, 2022
In an effort to equalize test scores among racial groups, OPRF will order its teachers to exclude from their grading assessments variables it says disproportionally hurt the grades of black students. They can no longer be docked for missing class, misbehaving in school or failing to turn in their assignments, according to the plan.
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Advocates for so-called “equity based” grading practices, which seek to raise the grade point averages of black students and lower scores of higher-achieving Asian, white and Hispanic ones, say new grading criteria are necessary to further school districts’ mission of DEIJ, or “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice.”
School districts across the U.S. are now reportedly experimenting with similar measures in the name of ‘racial justice.’
UPDATE: It is now being reported that the original source of this story now appears to be questionable.
