This post on X does not shock me at all.
A link in the comments from that X post took me to what was really sickening.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-illiterate-lawsuit-cec
Paywall
Re the Aleysha Ortiz story in the link:
Amazing on two levels. 1. How she was failed. 2. How she used technology to get around her problems. She does not appear to be dumb.
A 2019 report from EdBuild, which promotes equity in public schools, found majority non-White school districts in the US get $23 billion less than districts that mostly serve White students. Minority enrollment in Hartford’s public schools was at about 90% during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.This paragraph illustrates the problem of schools being dependent on property taxes for their funding. If her school is 90% minority, that indicates it is also in a largely minority community, presumably with lower real estate values, resulting in less money for schools.
Localities have tried to address this problem with busing and with county, state or Federal grants to impoverished areas. But the ethos of the community may also play a part. Affirmative Action and DEI teacher training isn't helping, especially when minority communities demand teachers who "look like us" and openly disparage the legacy white culture. Do these families read to their children before bedtime, or sit with them over homework? It may not have been part of the culture.
This is a sad situation because all minorities want equality, but it can't be conferred without the work to excel, or at least to be average. Even Ben Carson revealed that he hadn't known that his mother couldn't read when he was young, but that she made a show of looking over his homework and encouraging him always to do better. And he did! One-on-one oarental involvement in their child's learning is critical to success in school. Pride and unfounded entitlement stand in the way of learning for too many people.