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In Seattle there is a strong movement to ban gifted education. The prospect of that becoming fully implemented has caused many politically progressive parents I

In Seattle there is a strong movement to ban gifted education. The prospect of that becoming fully implemented has caused many politically progressive parents I know to move out to suburbs in some cases and red states in others. Even without bans there has been a tangible dumbing down of the rigor of schooling. And the forced introduction of weird political curriculums like ethnic studies in math (https://www.king5.com/article/news/education/seattle-schools-math-ethnic-studies/281-168fafda-6bf6-4ec1-ba0d-2a47c5030de3 https://www.king5.com/article/news/education/seattle-schools...). The exodus away from Seattle public schools surprise no one. After all who wants to take such risks with their own child’s education, that they only get try on? Unfortunately I don’t think it will be easily fixed. The school board is full of career activists, much like city and state leadership, and it is reflected in the culture of K-12 schooling. The DEI movement legitimized all of this and gave it cover. Equity made merit a taboo. And reversing those damaging movements will take decades.

psunavy03 2y ago
As someone who lives in the metro area, Seattle proper is honestly 142 square miles surrounded by reality, and terrified of the idea that somehow, somewhere, San Francisco or Portland might be doing a better job of saying and doing all the fashionable progressive things.
qwerpy 2y ago
Even Bellevue doesn't seem to be doing the optimal thing. They're losing students and having to close schools as well. Meanwhile, their Chinese immersion school has a huge waitlist. Every Chinese parent and many others wants to send their kids there. It's free, their kids will learn Chinese, and they'll be surrounded by other well-behaved kids with academically-focused parents. I'm going to try to get my kids into that school, but if they don't get in, it may be private school for us as well.
tim333 2y ago
Your link didn't work. Something like this maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuU4KM9htf0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuU4KM9htf0

psunavy03 2y ago

As someone who lives in the metro area, Seattle proper is honestly 142 square miles surrounded by reality, and terrified of the idea that somehow, somewhere, San Francisco or Portland might be doing a better job of saying and doing all the fashionable progressive things.

qwerpy 2y ago

Even Bellevue doesn't seem to be doing the optimal thing. They're losing students and having to close schools as well. Meanwhile, their Chinese immersion school has a huge waitlist. Every Chinese parent and many others wants to send their kids there. It's free, their kids will learn Chinese, and they'll be surrounded by other well-behaved kids with academically-focused parents. I'm going to try to get my kids into that school, but if they don't get in, it may be private school for us as well.

tim333 2y ago

Your link didn't work. Something like this maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuU4KM9htf0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuU4KM9htf0