Non-progressive secular k-12 schools in Austin

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Rujack

We lived in Austin, my wife for 15 years before we moved to Berkeley

And have you visited recently? Just making sure you know you’re not moving back to the Austin of 2005.

[karpo1]

There is quite a few Charter schools in the area, they may be less progressive

[Rujack]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

And have you visited recently? Just making sure you know you’re not moving back to the Austin of 2005.

Yes, it’s dramatically different, I know. Not what it once was.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by Rujack

Yes, it’s dramatically different, I know. Not what it once was.

in some ways it is much better and in others it is worse. It just depends on what you value

[verybadgnome]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

I don't know exactly what the issues are, but I have not had trouble of any sort with the public schools my kids go to. Their history is a little bit different than mine was many decades ago - they do bring up the negative impact on the natives when they discuss the triangular trade. And there has not been any attempt to rationalize the civil war as anything 'noble'.

They also start a social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum in ES, which seems to mainly be about not bullying, feeling empowered to stand up to bullying, and learning about your own emotions and how to deal with them. Seemed kind of like fluff when I first heard about it, but it has been incredibly effective (in my limited experience) at educating a better group of kids, especially at the middle school level.

Or maybe since the OP is from the Bay Area they are referring to this kind of revisionism, aka dumbing down:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...fe5_story.html
https://reason.com/2020/07/14/gary-g...rn-art-racism/
https://abc7news.com/sfusd-renaming-...l-sf/10229093/

[Trainwreck20]

Oh, seriously! Some of those are funny. I don't think we have gotten there yet. The Manchaca thing is sort of in that direction, though. Waiting for the call to rename Bowie HS.....

[Austin97]

LBJ was racist so we should definitely remove references to him, his administration, and his wife.

[Rujack]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

Or maybe since the OP is from the Bay Area they are referring to this kind of revisionism, aka dumbing down:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...fe5_story.html
https://reason.com/2020/07/14/gary-g...rn-art-racism/
https://abc7news.com/sfusd-renaming-...l-sf/10229093/

This is only the tip of the iceberg.

Btw, I appreciate the reference/link to Reason.com

[riaelise]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

Or maybe since the OP is from the Bay Area they are referring to this kind of revisionism, aka dumbing down:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...fe5_story.html
https://reason.com/2020/07/14/gary-g...rn-art-racism/
https://abc7news.com/sfusd-renaming-...l-sf/10229093/

Yeah, that's kooky but there's kooks on both sides of the divide. i'm all for purging confederate statues and anything celebrating them but it's ok for those soldiers to be in history books because they are a part of history whether I like it or not.

Putting ultra-lefty examples aside, I think there does need to be more racial dialog and understanding in this country. All of us can stand to look at things critically while still being empathetic.