SOCIAL JUSTICE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SHOULD YOU CARE?

[Debbie G]

    The Florida Department of Education is rewriting the Florida Principal Leadership Standards.  What are they putting into the new revision?  Teachers now are required to teach social justice in the classroom.  Social justice supports equality and solidarity in a society. 

 

    Equality is subjective and is also a tool for manipulating emotions.  If I tell you enough times that the individual that owns a large home on the ocean has exploited all those who do not have the resources to be in the same position, you have been made "less equal." 

 

     Anyone that has studied for a midterm knows that not all students put in the same effort.  The results are almost always a proportional ratio of time invested/success on exam.  Social justice in the classroom, officially, is but another chip at the moral fiber of our society.  It will promote mediocrity and further the demise of this great nation that was built on self-reliance, accountability, and integrity.

 

     As a citizen and taxpayer you have a voice and can express your concern on this issue directly to the Florida Department of Education. 

 

ACTION ITEMS: 

 

Google the words "Social Justice" and read the articles and debates occurring regarding this hot topic. 

 

Here is the link to the web page where you can find links to comment regarding the Revisions to the educational materials.

http://www.fldoe.org/profdev/FPLSRevisions.asp

 

 

Contact the Governor & Commission of Education and and let them know you are opposed to teaching "Social Justice" just because it is the "politically correct" thing to do.  Teach reading, writing, math, history, science, the arts and teach each child to be a good citizen in the classroom and the community.  That's it - that's all.  To reach the Commission of Education:  http://www.fldoe.org/commissioner/

To reach the Governor of Florida:  http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/

 

 

Here is the actual Florida Principal Leadership Standards document.

fplsdraft.pdf

 

Here is part of the above document.

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO WROTE TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.  SOCIAL JUSTICE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION.  Here is the same section as it stands now.

 

Here is the new pdf file of the standards.  fplsdraft-1.pdf

[Richard Stotts]

The creation of a "multicultural environment" concerns me as well.  It is costly and ensures divisions within our society.  United we stand; divided we fall.

[James Kring]

I owned, for many years, in rural NY State a one room school with my neighbors names carved in the walls, left over from their school days there. It was an environment and a demand for learning or else. The "or else" was a great motivator and produced some very intelligent, worldly and grounded people.

Then in the fifties came school centralization, the next dastardly invention was the school bus, aka a social septic tank, I was employed as a substitute septic tank driver for a number of years, in the 90's, an eye opening experience. Add in the Department of Education and unions, 0+0+0+0 = what we have now! 

Debbie is absolutely  right, along with the true basics, children should be taught to be good citizens in the classroom and community. A great way to teach is by example, how do you get that horse back in the barn and unflush that toilet with the dwindling number of good examples, starting with many parents.

Political correctness would be handled swiftly and adroitly by Miss Mildred D at the front of the class room, to the left of the coal stove and to the right of the blackboard at the Eight Notes School  House.

We have a great example in Debbie G!!!

Thanks for your hard work!

 

[Steven D.Upshaw]

They call it social justic if it weren't so deplorable it would be laughable. Will they teach this through out the curriculum or will they have one or two hour sessions of this brain washing. The fact is we are all sociably created equal but intellectually we are not. This ruse of political correctness is robbing our children of their individualism. Without individualism we would not have had a Mark Twain, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright bothers, Henry Ford or a Govenor Scott for that matter. I really think this is more of a social injustice and communist move to implement their agenda into our schools. The Federal Department of Education has became to powerful and must be abolished and our educational system returned to the state and local level. The Demacratic Party is nearly 40% registered communist that is scary. The head of the teahers unoin is on record saying it is not about the children it is about the success of their union. The union is lying and using our children against us to promote their profits.

[Dennis J. Fleming]

Based upon these guidelines it is no wonder our educational system is in such a sorry state.

What is "cultural competence"?

How is "diversity" employed as a learning tool?  What will the student learn?

How do you encourage each student to maximize their achievement while reducing the gap in achievement?  In a race if the gap is eliminated everyone crosses the finish line at the same time.  However, if each racer achieves their potential the gap between the fastest and slowest will necessarily increase.  It is impossible to maximize individual achievement for the benefit of both society and the individual while eliminating the achievement gap between individuals.

What is the source of this twisted logic?

[Virginia Frazier]

This is just one more reason to homeschool.

[Cilla Whitcher]

I don't see one word in the above statement that says anything about teaching anything pertinent.  Nothing about skills nessessary to live in the everyday world.  I've got news for ya.  Multiculturalism and diversity will not put food on your table, get you into college, put gas in you car.  You should teach.  You are not the providers of all thing social you are teachers!!  Teach them skills. allow their parent to teach the rest.  Please!! 

[Dennis J. Fleming]

Teaching social justice should begin with the lesson that students who achieve an "A" grade should share the grade with a student who failed.  They should both receive a "C" to be socially just.

The second lesson should be that members of each family should share their resources.

The members of the family who have developed and utilize their talents should share their money with those who have not developed and do not utilize their talents and have no money.

Once "Social Justice" has been perfected in each family it could be expanded into the sports and entertainment businesses.  Successful entertainers should share their wealth with those who have not been successful in the entertainment business.  That would be "Sociall Justice".

[Tony Bates]

Thanks for bring this to my attention and for alerting many more. I hope many are encouraged to action. We should be able to prevent this especially with the person the Governor brought from DC to deal with Florida education issues. From what I have heard of her this would not fit her educational philosophy  

[Robert G. Deardorff]

SOCIAL JUSTICE does not mean that it's right-justice. The Constitution defines justice, so dragging-in the word social immediately bring on raised eye brows. It's kind of a play on words and opens the door to deny us the rights already in place by the U.S. Constitution. It may be a wise decision to mark "social justice" to be removed from the Professional and Personal Ethical Behaviors/Diversity and insert all the rights in the Constitution and that lie in equity and at-law.

[JIM MC CORMACK]

I wrote a letter ( e-mail ) to Gov Scott explaining my deep disappoinment in this crap. It's teaching

Socialism staight out. Is the whole world going crazy ? Seems the NEA and Liberals have won the Communist war of ideas..Nothing about individual effort and reward,all about how it's bad luck and someone elses fault if they fail...All the Trillions in bailouit is about keeping people from failing..Failure is a requirement for a lesson in poor judgment....I'm totally disgusted .

Jim McCormack-Fruit Cove ,Fl