Category: Education (Page 8 of 9)

I don’t encourage girls to go into engineering.

A course meant to inspire more Black students to take AP classes

I don’t encourage boys to go into engineering either.  For individual students with the interest and aptitude to become engineers, I did everything I could to help them become engineers.  I have recommended colleges, suggested specific majors and made arrangements for them to talk to people I know working in their intended field.  The same things I would do for any of my students.

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Equity in Education is Corrosive

Equity in education is currently making the rounds, with school districts implementing it and parents pushing back.

WSJ: Eliminate Honors Classes

WSJ: Eliminate Honors Classes (no paywall version)

“We really feel equity means offering opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds, not taking away opportunities for advanced education and study,” Joanna Schaenman, a Culver City parent who helped spearhead the effort, said in the run-up to the meeting.

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