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At a time, in my opinion, when race relations in America are at an all time low, Buffalo school teachers apparently are required to use this curriculum in grades K-12.
The story of Buffalo Public Schools is a sad and familiar one: a dying industrial town, underperforming inner-city schools, and high rates of failure among racial minorities. Instead of focusing on improving academic achievement, however, Buffalo school administrators have adopted fashionable new pedagogies: “culturally responsive teaching,” “pedagogy of liberation,” “equity-based instructional strategies,” and an “emancipatory curriculum.”
Buffalo Public Schools diversity czar Fatima Morrell, architect of the district’s pedagogical revolution, summarizes these dense phrases in a single word: “woke.” Last year, in her role as director of the Office of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, Morrell created a new curriculum promoting Black Lives Matter in the classroom and an “antiracist” training program for teachers. According to one veteran teacher, who requested anonymity, Morrell’s training programs have pushed “radical politics” and, in practice, become a series of “scoldings, guilt-trips, and demands to demean oneself simply to make another feel ‘empowered.’” Teachers must submit to these “manipulative mind games” and express support for Morrell’s left-wing politics, or risk professional retaliation.
"In kindergarten, teachers ask students to compare their skin color with an arrangement of crayons and watch a video that dramatizes dead black children speaking to them from beyond the grave about the dangers of being killed by “racist police and state-sanctioned violence.”
"After Morrell’s presentation, one teacher reaffirmed this political imperative, declaring that students must become “activists for antiracism” and public school teachers should begin “preparing them at four years old.”
"Buffalo Public School Administrator denial!
Lessons being taught based on Black Lives Matter principles, which the author finds disturbing, are being taken 'out of context,' . WGRZ link
I was also able to find the following in the Buffalo Public Schools Black Lives Matter written curriculum.
What are the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter in Schools curriculum? There are 13 BLM Guiding Principles, please find the links here: 13 Guiding Principles and Kid-Friendly 13 Guiding Principles Buffalo Public Schools focuses its First Weeks lessons on the following Guiding Principles: Diversity, Restorative Justice, Collective Value, Empathy, and Loving Engagement. These principles are defined as: ● Collective Value means that all Black lives, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, economic status, ability, disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration status, or location, matter. ● Empathy is one’s ability to connect with others by building relationships built on mutual trust and understanding. ● Diversity is the celebration and acknowledgment of differences and commonalities across cultures. ● Loving Engagement is the commitment to practice justice, liberation, and peace. ● Restorative Justice is the commitment to build a beloved and loving community that is sustainable and growing.
So, the question is, What are the Buffalo School Teachers Teaching? I think for a very significant percentage of teachers, they will put the kids education first, and leave the politics, bias, and prejudice out of the classroom. But, I'm also concerned that a minority of them will not.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1LGslwJwhXvpVnDgw0uC-n794l6EGzpuH
The story of Buffalo Public Schools is a sad and familiar one: a dying industrial town, underperforming inner-city schools, and high rates of failure among racial minorities. Instead of focusing on improving academic achievement, however, Buffalo school administrators have adopted fashionable new pedagogies: “culturally responsive teaching,” “pedagogy of liberation,” “equity-based instructional strategies,” and an “emancipatory curriculum.”
Buffalo Public Schools diversity czar Fatima Morrell, architect of the district’s pedagogical revolution, summarizes these dense phrases in a single word: “woke.” Last year, in her role as director of the Office of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, Morrell created a new curriculum promoting Black Lives Matter in the classroom and an “antiracist” training program for teachers. According to one veteran teacher, who requested anonymity, Morrell’s training programs have pushed “radical politics” and, in practice, become a series of “scoldings, guilt-trips, and demands to demean oneself simply to make another feel ‘empowered.’” Teachers must submit to these “manipulative mind games” and express support for Morrell’s left-wing politics, or risk professional retaliation.
"In kindergarten, teachers ask students to compare their skin color with an arrangement of crayons and watch a video that dramatizes dead black children speaking to them from beyond the grave about the dangers of being killed by “racist police and state-sanctioned violence.”
"After Morrell’s presentation, one teacher reaffirmed this political imperative, declaring that students must become “activists for antiracism” and public school teachers should begin “preparing them at four years old.”
"Buffalo Public School Administrator denial!
Lessons being taught based on Black Lives Matter principles, which the author finds disturbing, are being taken 'out of context,' . WGRZ link
I was also able to find the following in the Buffalo Public Schools Black Lives Matter written curriculum.
What are the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter in Schools curriculum? There are 13 BLM Guiding Principles, please find the links here: 13 Guiding Principles and Kid-Friendly 13 Guiding Principles Buffalo Public Schools focuses its First Weeks lessons on the following Guiding Principles: Diversity, Restorative Justice, Collective Value, Empathy, and Loving Engagement. These principles are defined as: ● Collective Value means that all Black lives, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, economic status, ability, disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration status, or location, matter. ● Empathy is one’s ability to connect with others by building relationships built on mutual trust and understanding. ● Diversity is the celebration and acknowledgment of differences and commonalities across cultures. ● Loving Engagement is the commitment to practice justice, liberation, and peace. ● Restorative Justice is the commitment to build a beloved and loving community that is sustainable and growing.
So, the question is, What are the Buffalo School Teachers Teaching? I think for a very significant percentage of teachers, they will put the kids education first, and leave the politics, bias, and prejudice out of the classroom. But, I'm also concerned that a minority of them will not.
Buffalo students told ‘all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism’
The story of Buffalo Public Schools is a sad and familiar one: a dying industrial town, underperforming inner-city schools, and high rates of failure among racial minorities. Instead of focusing on…
nypost.com
VERIFY: Article on Buffalo Public Schools claims curriculum is infused with a political agenda
Lessons being taught based on Black Lives Matter principles, which the author finds disturbing, are being taken 'out of context,' according to BPS administrator.
www.wgrz.com
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1LGslwJwhXvpVnDgw0uC-n794l6EGzpuH
Fact Check: Are Buffalo Schools Teaching That Whites Perpetuate Racism?
Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) in Erie County, New York, found itself the subject of national headlines this week for its work incorporating anti-racist principles into its curriculum.
www.newsweek.com