By Dr. Marilyn M. Singleton, America Out Loud, July 18, 2023
Dr. Diana Blum is a board-certified neurologist who completed her medical school training at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, and her Neurology Residency training at Stanford University Medical Center. …
Who on earth came up with the idea that racing to the bottom would close the achievement gap among minorities, Whites, and Asians? Some schools are going gradeless, canceling honors classes, and not informing students that they received National Merit scholarships. This is carrying diversity, equity, and inclusion too far. As Booker T. Washington said,
“No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race, he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.” The whole point of innovative educational policies should be to raise the achievement level of underachievers, not to stunt the progress of the high achievers to even things out. …