Black and Latino students did worse in schools with ‘diversity officers’: study

This is an article about a Heritage Foundation study Equity Elementary: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Staff in Public Schools

An analysis of student test-score data shows that employing a chief

diversity officer (CDO) in K–12 school districts does not contribute

to closing achievement gaps and is even likely to exacerbate those

gaps. If CDOs are not accomplishing their stated goals, what is

accomplished by creating these positions? CDOs may be best understood

as political activists who articulate and enforce an ideological

orthodoxy within school districts. They help to mobilize and

strengthen the political influence of one side. The creation of CDOs

tilts the political playing field against parent and teacher efforts

to remove the radical ideology of critical race theory and other

illiberal ideals from school curricula and practices.

Submitted October 27, 2021 at 02:01PM by Beliavsky https://ift.tt/3vUqEz4