Is there a place in the country better off because Democrats have control over the local or state government? I mean, I guess if your hobby is getting pregnant so you can have an abortion, living in Chicago or Boston is a plus, but not if you’re a fan of things like not being robbed or shot. Otherwise, only slumlords and progressive “organizers” thrive in a world controlled by the left. And if you want to get your kid an education, forget about it. There is nothing Democrats can’t ruin, and there is nothing even potentially good they will not ruin.
You’ve all heard about “equity,” Democrats present the word like it’s the cure for something, anything. They pretend it is about opportunity when it is about outcomes. Democrats want to dictate outcomes – pick winners and losers, rewarding their donors while ignoring their voters, whom they take for granted. OJ Simpson treated women better than Democrats treat their voters.
But hey, they keep voting for Democrats, so why be effective when you don’t have to be?
Back to equity.
San Francisco, the progressive Petri dish from which so many bad ideas spring, is implementing “equitable grading” in their schools. Why? Because minority students are not doing as well as Asian students, who are also minorities. (As an aside, it always cracks me up when Democrats talk about how racist the country is; they whine about how well Asians and Indians are doing. Are we racist or not? Because if we were, why are two minorities out-earning evil whitey?)
What is “equitable grading”? It is a scheme to cover up just how badly Democrats have screwed up the education system in their cities by lowering standards for grades. As I always say, if you control the unit of measure, you control everything. If you can change what constitutes a passing grade, you will have a higher passing rate without improving the education of a single student.
The Voice of San Francisco reports, “Without seeking approval of the San Francisco Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Maria Su plans to unveil a new Grading for Equity plan.” There is no input from anyone, just a top-down imposition. It’s how the party of “This is what democracy looks like” operates.
What do you have to do to pass under this “plan”? The real question is, what do you have to do to fail, which is almost impossible to do? Getting 21 percent is the lowest “D” grade under it, not the 60 percent it used to be. A C grade can be gotten with as low as 41 percent, meaning you can get more wrong than right and still score an average.
The whole damn thing is a mess and a disgrace. VoSF continues, “Grading for Equity eliminates homework or weekly tests from being counted in a student’s final semester grade. All that matters is how the student scores on a final examination, which can be taken multiple times. Students can be late turning in an assignment, showing up to class, or not showing up at all without affecting their academic grades. Currently, a student needs a 90 for an A and at least 61 for a D. Under the San Leandro Unified School District’s grading for equity system touted by the San Francisco Unified School District and its consultant, a student with a score as low as 80 can attain an A and as low as 21 can pass with a D.”
How can a parent accept that? How can teachers live with themselves, knowing they will be passing and ultimately graduating kids who can’t read or do basic math as a matter of policy?
Or course, liberals elect these people, repeatedly empowering them to screw people over. While the children of the wealthy will avoid this – this is starting in only 14 schools, mostly poor and low performing, so they can pretend they’ve raised grades by lowering standards – it will impact everyone. How do they live with themselves?
The truth is it won’t impact them. They send their kids to good schools, often private schools, while they play games with the existence of poor kids because, well, because they can. What are the people of San Francisco going to do? Should they vote for Republicans? They’re not about to do that; they went to San Francisco public schools!
Derek Hunter is the host of a free daily podcast (subscribe!) and author of the book, Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses, and host of the weekly “Week in F*cking Review” podcast where the news is spoken about the way it deserves to be. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter.
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