Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

29 October 2021

Professor Fought Back Against Pressure to Play Favoritism Towards Black Students

UCLA
An academic professor at the University of California Los Angeles reported that he filed suit against the school system for suspending him as he faced backlash for not grading black students more leniently in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

"Recently, I was suspended from my job for refusing to treat my black students as lesser than their non-black peers," Gordon Klein, the professor behind the suit, said in an op-ed.

26 September 2021

Black "Karens" Harassed and Threatened Two White Students

ASU Students
There were two white Arizona State University students who were harassed at the school’s multicultural center because of their race and their support for police, according to reports.

Video of the incident purports to show black students attempting to force two white male students to leave the area, claiming they were making the space "uncomfortable" with their whiteness and a pro-police sticker.

22 September 2021

Gay Group Harassed Students, But Got Their Pride Flag Stomped

Florida Students
Students from a Florida school district is defending its right and private space from the intrusion of gays. Bartram Trail High School students countered their classmates in the Gay Straight Alliance club who waved their rainbow symbols at them by fighting bach and stomping on their Pride flags on campus.

The incident, which was captured on video and quickly shared across social media, set off a wave of support from many school parents, who are calling what the everyday push from gays as "terrifying" and "scary."

16 September 2021

Kansas University Student Posted A Hate Tweet Against All Americans

Hate-Filled Student
A hate-mongering student named Niya McAdoo is facing severe criticism and negative feedback ater she posted a vile attempt to retweeting the phrase "happy friday everybody. Death to america" last 3 September.

"I think that the phrase, 'Death to America,' is a triggering phrase for people. Most people have seen that phrase being said by countries outside of the U.S.," said McAdoo, a 23-year-old senior and Kansas University new student body president.

02 September 2021

Teacher Used A Pride Flag In A "Pledge of Allegiance" Among Students

Pledge of Allegiance
There was a Southern California teacher who is facing backlash online and possible removal from her classroom after posting a video on TikTok in which she suggested that her students pledge allegiance to the Pride flag. What?!?

Pitzen tells her story in the video, laughing throughout.

30 July 2021

Student Was Asked To Take An "Equity Survey" And Not Tell Her Parents

Equity Survey
In Minnesota, U.S., a student reported that she was given an "equity survey" in class and was instructed not to tell or share this information with her parents.

Haylee Yasgar, a fourth-grade student in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District, revealed the existence of the survey to community members at a school board meeting on 19 July.

29 June 2020

Cambridge Showing Bias In Dealing With Two Opposing Views

Cambridge University
A controversial tweet by a Cambridge University professor saying "White lives don’t matter" has been deleted by Twitter, but not after generating controversy that compelled thousands to seek her removal.

Professor Priyamvada Gopal, a fellow of Churchill College, sparked a tremendous backlash after she posted the tweet saying: "I’ll say it again. White Lives Don't Matter. As white lives."

06 May 2020

Private Schools In The Philippines Thinking Of Blended Opening In June

Philippine School
In the Philippines, a group of private school administrators announced last 27 April that they will start the school year in the usual month of June despite the education department's plan to move it to a later date due to the coronavirus crisis.

Eleazardo Kasilag, president of the Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (FAPSA), said their member schools are prepared to open the school year in June and implement "blended learning," where students learn through online media and traditional face-to-face teaching.

20 September 2019

Chick-fil-A To Open In Purdue University

Chick
This summer, Purdue University, a public institution, announced plans to open a new residence hall in 2020, which would include a Chick-fil-A, after more than 3,000 students signed a petition to bring the franchise to campus.

However, a small minority of students and staffs, are trying to block it in order to curtail the right of other students. They're calling for the school to "promote inclusivity” by holding commercial ventures, such as the anti-LGBTQ fast-food restaurant, to the same standards as the university's policies and hiring process.

30 August 2019

Teacher Forgets Job, Teaches Personal Agenda

School Chair
A California middle school teacher was told to stop passing out a cheerful graphic titled "The Gender Unicorn" that erroneously explained gender identity, gender expression and attraction.

It also helped Denair Middle School science teacher Luis Davila Alvarado in California's San Joaquin Valley explain that Alvarado preferred to go by Mx. instead of Mr. on the first day of school, the Modesto Bee reported. And all parents are not happy!

13 August 2019

"Uninformed" Mother Thought Her Son Was Treated Harshly

Fake Money
After a 10-year-old boy was confronted by the U.S. law enforcement for having fake money, his mother is saying her "nightmare has come true."

Tiffany Kelly's son has ADHD, non-verbal learning disorder; he may also have autism spectrum disorder. When he expressed excitement about learning to count cash, the 43-year-old mom bought him play money to use from Amazon.

27 July 2018

For Banning Pro-Trump Shirt, School Will Pay $25K

T-Shirt
In January, 18-year-old senior Addison Barnes was suspended from Liberty High School in Hillsboro, Ore., for wearing a T-shirt that read "Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co. The wall just got 10 feet taller."

Now, on top of the principal of the school having to apologize to the student, the school will have to pay US$ 25,000 for Barnes’s attorney fees, according to the Oregonian.

10 April 2018

A Women's College That Doesn't Want To Say "Women"

Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke, a women's college in Massachusetts, is discouraging professors from using the word "women." WOW!

The code of conduct was issued by the school in a document titled, "Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Students" from the college's Teaching and Learning Initiative, a hub for student-centered teaching.

06 March 2018

No Access To Transgender Students in Bathroom

Mental Health Problems
Now, everyone in the U.S. can breath easily about this whole issue of transgender boys or girls trying to use the restroom at school that corresponds with their twisted thinking.

The Education Department released a statement last 12 February that it won't hear complaints about or take action on this question.

14 February 2018

PC Culture Trying to Kill Father-Daughter Dance

Staten Elementary School
A New York elementary school is getting a backlash, including from Donald Trump Jr., for canceling a father-daughter dance to adhere to state gender guidelines.

P.S. 65 in Staten Island, N.Y., scheduled its "Father/Best Guy & Daughter Dance" for 9 February. However, it was suddenly axed, according to the New York Post, when the Parent-Teacher Association became concerned that it violated gender guidelines established by the New York City Department of Education in March 2017.

03 November 2017

A Boastful Racist Teaching Assistant Got The Boot

Racists Teaching Assistant
A vile and racist online post by a University of Pennsylvania teaching assistant landed her in hot water after she calls on black women and people of color in class ahead of white people. The discriminatory practice by a liberal educator has sparked calls for her removal.

Stephanie McKellop, a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant for a history class titled "Sinners, Sex and Slaves: Race and Sex in Early America," posted 16 October on her personal Twitter account that "I will always call on my Black women students first. Other POC get second tier priority. WW come next. And, if I have to, white men."

07 September 2017

If Confederate Flags Are Taken Out, LGBT Flags Should Be As Well

The Same
A group of students and parents in the state of Alabama is calling for the removal of a rainbow pride flag from a high school classroom — arguing that it can be compared to displaying a Confederate flag.

"We strongly feel that it creates a hostile and provocative learning environment for students not comfortable to openly supporting the LGBTQ+ community in a public school where students come from diverse political and religious backgrounds," a Change.org petition reads about the flag in Auburn.

25 August 2017

Parents Angry By An Attempt To Turn Their Children Into Gays

Angry Parents
The Rocklin Academy school board in the United Sates is facing tough criticisms from parents concerned over a controversial incident involving transgender discussions inside a kindergarten class, CBS Sacramento reports.

"These parents feel betrayed by the school district that they were not notified," said Karen England with the Capitol Resource Institute.

26 July 2017

An Essay on Why Whites and Blacks Are Not Compatible

Black Slaves
An essay recently explained that for almost 150 years the United States has been conducting an interesting experiment. The subjects of the experiment: black people and working-class whites.

The hypothesis to be tested: Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population?

30 June 2017

Racist Black Teacher Fired From School

Racist Black Teacher
A racist and psychotic college professor who recently appeared on Fox News to defend a Black Lives Matter event in which only black people were invited has finally been fired.

It was announced last 23 June that Lisa Durden, a former adjunct professor at Essex County College in New Jersey, would be let go from her job following a heated argument on the 6 June episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight. While speaking about an "all-black Memorial Day celebration" hosted by a Black Lives Matter group, Durden, who is black, told the host "you white people are angry because you couldn't use your white privilege card" to attend the event.