WOKE? Parents are ‘waking up’ to the failure of US education: Winsome Sears
Improve Our Schools
Mount Vernon has the worst performing schools in the county, a sad reflection of the twenty-seven (27) point drop in SAT scores countywide. SAT scores have gone up in the rest of our commonwealth, but not in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation. This is unacceptable on many levels, but most of all because it hurts our kids. How do we turn this around?
1. Elect responsible school board members who care about our children, first and foremost
2. Adjust the school budget to reallocate funds that will emphasize learning the basics, improving standards and stressing academic excellence
3. Parents Matter! Education begins at home and mothers and fathers play a critical role in their child’s educational development
4. Make schools safe for teachers and students and increase transparency.
SOL Standardized Tests: How Fairfax County Public Schools Performs
Fairfax County Public Schools held steady in three subjects on the SOL tests, but there was a notable decline in two subjects. READ MORE HERE
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Beware the Social Studies Curriculum!
Part I
By Mark Spooner | September 3, 2023
As a new academic year begins, Fairfax County citizens should be aware of what our children will be taught in the public schools.
Particular attention should be given to the social studies curriculum. It is not a straightforward education about history and government. It is agenda-driven, emphasizing a viewpoint supported by “progressives” and race-theory advocates. READ MORE HERE
Beware the Social Studies Curriculum
Part 2
By Mark Spooner | September 10, 2023
Documents obtained under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act reveal a disturbing ideological bias in the social studies curricula of Fairfax County public high schools (FCPS).
The first article on this subject, which is HERE, discloses that after the current School Board took office in 2020, the curricula were extensively revised to view history and government through the lens of the students’ “identities” (race, ethnicity, gender, etc.) and to emphasize the concepts of power, privilege, position and bias in explaining historical events and civic institutions.
READ MORE HERE