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Black and Latino students did worse in schools with ‘diversity officers’: study
New York Post ^ | October 27, 2021 | Kyle Smith

Posted on 10/27/2021 12:14:02 PM PDT by karpov

... A new study says that putting a high-paid diversity bureaucrat on the school payroll may actually make things worse for black and Latino students.

No, that sound you’re hearing is not a nationwide cicada infestation: That’s just 10,000 heads being scratched in school administrators’ offices. You mean, all those diversity hucksters who said we could close racial gaps by hiring lavishly paid diversity hucksters were just in it for themselves?

Yeah, and you should think about feeding the shredder with all of those Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo books about how you should blow $15,000 or so to get someone like Kendi or DiAngelo to lecture you on white privilege. But only if you actually care about improving the fortunes of underprivileged minorities rather than assuaging the guilt of white people by throwing money away.

An empirical study by the Heritage Foundation that analyzed data in 554 districts teaching 22.5 million students found that, now that chief diversity officers (CDOs) have been hired by virtually every college campus, 79 percent of the largest K-12 districts have hired such officers as well, and even rural districts are taking them on at a fast clip. Okay, so how is that working out? Districts with CDOs have greater achievement gaps between rich and poor, between white and black, and between white and Latino students.

“In districts without a CDO,” reports Heritage, “the average black student is 1.9 grade levels behind the average white student on standardized test results.” With CDOs, that gap grows to 2.4 grade levels. The same pattern emerges when comparing white and Latino students, although the gaps are smaller.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; diversity; education

1 posted on 10/27/2021 12:14:02 PM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

Metrics don’t matter to the 2+2 = 5 crowd.


2 posted on 10/27/2021 12:17:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: karpov

This attitude has lead to segregated classrooms in many instances.


3 posted on 10/27/2021 12:17:42 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: karpov
“the average black student is 1.9 grade levels behind the average white student on standardized test results.”

There are several possible contributors to this.

4 posted on 10/27/2021 12:17:58 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: karpov

In other words:

They need More diversity Officers


5 posted on 10/27/2021 12:20:52 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Jeff Chandler

They are like the Government. They have to blame someone. Might as blame racism. What ever that is.


6 posted on 10/27/2021 12:24:23 PM PDT by sport
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To: karpov

NO SHITE, SHERLOCK!


7 posted on 10/27/2021 12:25:49 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: karpov

Black and Latino students tend to be at left-wing, bloated, bureaucratic government schools that hire BS positions like “diversity officers”


8 posted on 10/27/2021 12:28:07 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Jeff Chandler

“There are several possible contributors to this.”

The home environment and parental involvement, for starters.


9 posted on 10/27/2021 12:29:20 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: karpov

Step 1 - Hire Diversity Officer
Step 2 - Diversity Officer discovers rampant racism.
Step 3 - Hire Assistant Diversity Officer.
Step 4 - Diversity Officer and Assistant find twice as much racism.
Step 5 - Hire Deputy Assistant Diversity Officer.
Step 6 - Diversity Officer, Assistant Diversity Officer and Deputy Assistant Diversity Officer find 3 time more racism than before.
Step 7 - continue as above. Fire production staff to make room for more Diversity Officers.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 12:32:05 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Cecily

“The home environment and parental involvement, for starters.”

Nearly every young couple I know with children have them reading at 3rd grade level before they are 5. But it is unfair because they are privileged being able to spend a few hours reading to and with their kids and able to afford to go to the 99 cent store to purchase children’s books


11 posted on 10/27/2021 12:38:00 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imaginationd)
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To: lee martell

It’s not your fault so why try harder? Great message to send to any kid.


12 posted on 10/27/2021 12:39:58 PM PDT by dblshot
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To: Cecily; Jeff Chandler

I’d start with genetics.


13 posted on 10/27/2021 12:40:22 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well being disciplined and respectful to others is a sign of privilege so we must be rid of that.


14 posted on 10/27/2021 12:52:02 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: dsrtsage

Or even go to a library and borrow books for free.


15 posted on 10/27/2021 1:07:31 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Metrics don’t matter to the 2+2 = 5 crowd.

I hear math is racist.

16 posted on 10/27/2021 1:46:48 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: karpov

I believe in segregation: HOMESCHOOL


17 posted on 10/27/2021 1:51:18 PM PDT by Salvavida (Even now, come Lord Jesus!)
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To: karpov

Imagine that.


18 posted on 10/27/2021 4:45:17 PM PDT by Trillian
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