13 August 2021

The Zero Rs.

Under a new law, just signed by the Governor, students in Oregon will no longer be required to be able to read, write, and do arithmetic in order to graduate from high school!

From Dyspeptic Mutterings

By Dale Price

It is often said that federalism is a laboratory that allows States to try their own solutions to assorted domestic problems. 

If that's the case, the Beaver State is brewing up a bold concoction: 

Students no longer have to demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing and math to get a diploma.

Why?

Equity is a jealous god:

The governor’s deputy communications director said that dropping the requirements “will benefit Oregon’s Black, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal, and students of color.”

The hard bigotry of no expectations has returned.

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