The above title is from the May 21-22 WSJ by Naomi Schaefer Riley. There has been a lot of hoopla about the Redskins name, how insulting it is to native Americans. Well, according to a Washington Post poll, 90% of native Americans are not offended. Much ado about nothing?
Concurrently the Education Secretary John King announced a $100,000 grant to the Crazy Horse School of the Oglala Sioux tribe. More money won’t help much as plenty of money has been sent to the schools, as Ms. Riley states in her article.
The schools score half as well as other schools in South Dakota. Nepotism, a lack of accountability, no alternatives like charter schools, unenforced truancy laws, social promotions, etc. Sound familiar, maybe not to the same extent, but familiar for sure. While adults posture over tenure, staff jobs, keeping low performing schools open, unenforced discipline the children who want to learn are sacrificed by the adults.
Some Teach for America teachers were let go because “they are too white. They think Western.” Adults fighting their battles over who teaches their kids reading, writing and arithmetic.
Education is at the core of many of our issues in our country, yet the current administration and the Bern says global warming is at the top of the list. No guts to tell the truth.