All of the students in my second period class are taking the state-mandated competency tests, so I have a little time to respond.
First, as someone in the trenches, the problems with public education are vastly understated. I retire next year.
Here’s my best guess about what will really happen with the Washington state discipline guidelines.
White students will not be punished more. That requires paperwork and adherence to the code of conduct, which means time, effort, and wading through pages of pseudolegalistic language designed to describe every contingency, but which actually obfuscates each incident and allows students, parents, and teacher to nitpick every occurrence to find a way around the rules. What will probably happen is that all students will be punished less, with the nonwhite students learning quickly to shout empty accusations of racism whenever they’re caught doing something wrong, and the white students learning that they’re part of an underclass targeted for harassment based on race.
The deterioration of the education system will speed up as bad behavior makes learning impossible, (the remaining) good teachers quit in droves, and students come out even less prepared for adult life.
Good times.
Racists.
This IS racism.
This is flat out racism and should appeal straight to court.
More equal than others. They think Orwell wrote guidebooks.
They just passed “bottom”!!!