Administrators in a Virginia
School district dropping Dr.
Seuss books as part
of the annual read across
America day over what they say
are insensitive portrayals
of people of color spokesman
says in part research in recent
years has revealed strong racial
undertones in many books written
and illustrated by Dr. Seuss we
want to encourage our young
people to read all types
of books that are inclusive
and diverse and reflective
of our student community not
simply celebrate Dr. Seuss Dr.
Seuss a lot of people read Tyrus
is here Fox Nation host
and a Fox News contributor how
are you doing,
my friend from New Orleans what
do you think of this move
Morning America's newsroom Dana
I do not like the treatment
of Dr. Seuss I don't like it
in a House with a mouse.
I don't like it with a box with
a Fox.
I don't like it here or there
Bill Hemmer I don't like this
anywhere they need to get off
the hypocritical beaches have
you not heard the book about
the snitches I mean, come
on literally 1961 he had four
books that came out about
diversity understanding each
other and compromise what more
do you need one thing that I
think is kind of interesting
about Bob by the way excellent
rhyming and very well done.
Here's the thing they're going
to stop selling six of the books
now the problem is apparently
the illustrations so why
don't they just read draw
the illustrations that's how you
say I don't have one friend
and I have friends all over
the world that look remotely
like anyone in any of the shows
or maybe my kid's hair after I
get out of the bath.
But other than that
it's ridiculous I mean
we're looking for mistakes
there's not mistakes Dr. Seuss
hat is a great way to read
and they talk about things
and we learn about things I read
the book The speeches.
One time and I knew what it was
about to be different.
And in respecting each other
just read the book The speeches
literally as fast as I could
tell you they had blue stories
the other ones didn't the ones
the blue stories thought they
were better.
So the other ones ran out
and got their own stories then
they mix and match and then they
couldn't tell each other apart.
And they realized they were all
pretty much the same even when
they look different
on the outside speeches you read
that one time and then press one
time Oh the places you will go
there's a story out of Boston
Public Schools about advance
work classes four quarters
through sixth graders due
to racial equity what's the deal
here tirhas OK as a former
teacher first of all, I never
was a big fan of standardized
testing.
But when you look at testing you
have to look at is it in line
with the curriculum
in the school you have to look
at one of the kids starting
school do they have a head start
programs are they starting
in pre-K or are they going
into kindergarten there's a lot
of what have you and what not
whenever you're dealing with
standardized testing you always
want it.
And then the first thing they do
is they say racial inequality
because that means you can't fix
it.
But if you look at the group I
think it was five of roughly 500
kids that had passed the test
or excelled to look going
to the next level classes
and then they have what they
call the lottery I guess you
could look at who's making those
choices in the lottery
and the number of diverse kids
that are in there to see
if there's anything that's out
of school or off but the bottom
line is whenever you're dealing
with testing there's going to be
stereotypical questions that
might confuse kids but there are
small when it comes down to it
math is math spelling is
spelling and we should be able
to do that at a
high level.
But again,
whenever we put the racial thing
on it it's like saying we
can't fix it and we need
to really start looking at what
we're doing in our early
learning what funding is going
in there and we can finally get
our kids up to speed opposed
to punishing the ones who are
excelling Yeah we talk a lot
about colleges free college
and look maybe maybe free
community college would make
sense in some place but at some
point we've got to talk about K
through 12 we've got we need
to do better by the children
and by the teachers
by the parents and also
we're in a competitive world
tirhas these kids are going
to have to
compete against a lot of people
in the world who value education
a little higher than our society
does right now and you know
the pandemic,
we have seen a drop off across
the board because you know
it's not just you can't just put
your child in front
of the computer and say figure
it out parents have to reinvest
at a young age you got to spend
less time on your phone and more
time sitting down going over
spelling words and math you know
you can't just put them in front
of the computer and then give
them their phone and have
the phone give them the answers
to the computer you know we have
to reinvest in our kids and it
starts at home it does I love
spelling tests so much so I
think I know how you do Thanks
to
well done taris nice to see you
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