When schools focus on diversity, minority students learn less

By Washington Examiner

Published October 20, 2023 9:01am ET

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When schools focus on diversity, minority students learn less — Students keep social distance as they walk to their classroom, Sept. 3, 2020, in Highwood, Illinois. The shortage of teachers in Illinois has slowed and even improved, but gaps in critical areas such as special education remain, and racial diversity among school leaders lags far behind that of the state's pupils, according to a study released Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

It has long been clear that the education establishment’s obsession with identity politics pushes noxious notions into impressionable young minds. It is now also clear, from a new study, that the obsession also thwarts real learning. The identity politics regime in education must end.

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