The New Woke Math
Jul 06, 2020
Many school boards and bureaucrats have decided that it’s best to never give a ‘zero’ grade – regardless of whether kids even hands in assignments.
The most well known case is the brave Edmonton high school teacher Lynden Dorval, who dared to give zeros for skipped assignments – and was suspended for it.
And then later, he was fired.
The 2017 study by James reported that 42 per cent of all Black students in the Toronto, York, Peel and Durham school boards had been suspended at least once by the time they leave high school.
The issue was also highlighted in a recent third-party review of the Peel District School Board that painted a damning picture of dysfunction among administrators who are ill-prepared to deal with anti-Black racism directly affecting students.
The review found that black students make up only 10.2 per cent of the secondary school population in Peel but represent about 22.5 per cent of the students receiving suspensions.
In a given semester, a teacher who has one class gives detention to two students. The racial composition of his class: 20 White students and 2 Black students. He gave detention to only 5% of the White students whereas he punished 50% of the Black students!
According to the Principles of Woke Mathematica, he's a RAYCISSS!
Solution? Abolish detentions.
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