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Equity gaps are focus of special Pleasanton Unified board meeting on Tuesday

Original post made on Sep 21, 2021

Pleasanton Unified School District's recent progress toward removing systemic academic barriers and improving educational equity among students will be presented at a special virtual meeting on Tuesday, starting 5:30 p.m.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 20, 2021, 10:13 PM

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Posted by Luvithere
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
on Sep 21, 2021 at 9:38 am

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This article sounds to me like PUSD is about to go down the Critical Race Theory rabbit hole. Please tell me it is not so.


Posted by paine
a resident of Del Prado
on Sep 21, 2021 at 3:31 pm

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Web Link


Posted by Pleasanton Parent
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Sep 21, 2021 at 9:33 pm

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Great - let’s talk about what they are doing to boost young male engagement, test scores, and college preparation. This has been a declining population for years after we were told equality and focus in certain groups isn’t a net sum gain proposition


Posted by MichaelB
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Sep 22, 2021 at 5:03 am

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"This article sounds to me like PUSD is about to go down the Critical Race Theory rabbit hole. Please tell me it is not so."


That's it.

See the link to the presentation from paine. Current educational practices are supposedly "oppressive" and "racist" to students. So called "equity" measures (lowered expectations/standards) are required to "improve" their performance.


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