Johnny can’t read or do math, but philanthropists are making sure he learns ‘equity’

Published December 7, 2022 12:00am ET



If public schools and nonprofit groups are serious about reducing the educational gap between racial groups, they will start dedicating the time and money necessary to teach students to read and perform math at or above grade level. Instead, philanthropic groups waste hundreds of millions of dollars on “equity” goals, convincing students to feel good about their failing reading and math scores.

K-12 activists claim these goals are necessary to achieve “equal opportunity” for all students, but in practice, they achieve centralized control of outcomes. And those outcomes are failing our children.
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