{"id":1806809,"date":"2023-01-16T07:19:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1806809"},"modified":"2023-01-16T07:20:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:20:04","slug":"children-of-every-skin-color-deserve-equal-merit-based-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/children-of-every-skin-color-deserve-equal-merit-based-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Of Every Skin Color Deserve Equal Merit-Based Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchildren-of-every-skin-color-deserve-equal-merit-based-opportunities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1806809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>At least seven high school in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxtimes.com\/parents-get-friday-the-13th-nightmares-from-schools-and-school-board-lawyer\/article_7a639be4-93ab-11ed-bfd0-23d083d1be73.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fairfax County<\/a>Virginia, and three neighboring high schools <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/local\/virginia\/3-loudoun-county-schools-did-not-inform-students-national-merit-recognition\/65-beb330ef-4ebd-40d3-8b8f-b202a5eadb29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Loudoun County<\/a> They have admitted to withholding National Merit award from students in this academic year. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares was prompted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/miyares-launches-investigation-into-fairfax-co-school-over-merit-delay-admission-process\/ar-AA15XVju\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launch<\/a> A civil rights investigation. <\/p>\n<p>Brandon Kosatka (director of student services at Thomas Jefferson High School Science and Technology), spoke with a parent who was affected and admitted that they didn&#8217;t issue the awards. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/war-on-merit-takes-bizarre-turn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hurting the feelings<\/a> These are the ones that were not awarded. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxtimes.com\/articles\/area-principals-admit-to-withholding-national-merit-awards-from-students\/article_2e5ed028-8f01-11ed-997c-37c69ccfb584.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asian American students are highly represented<\/a> Some recipients consider withholding awards an act to conceal their identities. <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/fairfax-county\/2023\/01\/more-fairfax-co-high-schools-apologize-for-not-sending-merit-commendations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racially motivated biases against Asian students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Fairfax County\u2019s elimination of early advanced math, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/fairfax-schools-implemented-equity-grading-to-fight-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use of \u201cequity grading,\u201d<\/a> It seems that students are starting with 50% on their assignments and then removing deadlines. \u201cequal outcome\u201d  \u201cequity\u201d Goals have overshadowed merit. One sign of this disregard for academic excellence is the failure to distribute the National Merit Awards at the expense of college admissions and scholarships for these students. Many Americans are shocked that awards have been withheld from their children. However, this is the normal course of action in the war against merit. \u201cequal outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), flagrant spending follows suit with the FCPS board\u2019s equity agenda. Last month, an Independent Women\u2019s Network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/war-on-merit-takes-bizarre-turn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation<\/a> In the war on merit, found that FCPS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxtimes.com\/articles\/fairfax_county\/fcps-withholds-awards-pays-455-000-for-equity-contractor\/article_0bb6c642-86c9-11ed-abbf-cb802353dab6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> Performance Fact Inc. received a $455,000 sole-source contract from the Fairfax County Superintendent, Michelle Reid. Reid was previously a Washington state superintendent. The contractor will help the district create its strategic plan. <\/p>\n<p>Reid and Performance Fact both are committed to providing quality services \u201cequal outcomes\u201d at the cost of equal opportunity. In fact, a presentation made at a Strategic Planning Committee meeting Dec. 3, 2022 featured a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FFXParentsAssoc\/status\/1599057460605513728?cxt=HHwWgMCjrbmS_7AsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slide<\/a> This mantra should be promoted: \u201cEqual outcomes for every student, without exception.\u201d The withholding of National Merit Awards is just one part of a larger national campaign to promote equality and mute merit. That\u2019s why the Independent Women\u2019s Network has helped launch a new initiative and website: <a href=\"https:\/\/savemerit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save Merit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Paying \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Kendi Extreme Fees <\/p>\n<p>FCPS and other government agencies pay activists a lot to advocate for quotas. \u201cequitable\u201d The controversial introduction of controversial racial identity issues to public school curricula, as well as hiring and admissions procedures. Fairfax Public Library, Fairfax County actually paid for this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/12\/09\/raxpayers-pay-ibram-x-kendi-22500-to-deliver-woke-anti-racist-message-at-public-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$22,500<\/a> Ibram Kendi, Director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University for a 1-hour virtual meeting Dec. 7, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Kendi has no problem accepting large amounts of money from public institutions. The University of Virginia provided him with this opportunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/university-virginia-paid-crt-proponent-ibram-kendi-500-per-minute-lecture-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$32,500<\/a> He gave an hour-long speech to Fairfax County School Board in February 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/asrainvestigates.substack.com\/p\/heres-the-receipt-on-fairfax-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$20,000<\/a> For a 1-hour virtual meeting in 2020. As he does so often, Kendi pontificated during the December 2022 meeting. \u201cinequity is the problem.\u201d Anything that doesn&#8217;t yield to him is unacceptable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The withholding of National Merit awards from children is par for the course in the war against merit to ensure \u2018equal outcomes.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1371,"featured_media":1806812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4294,9712,12229,15022,6919,6221,15023,8462],"class_list":["post-1806809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-children","tag-color","tag-deserve","tag-equal","tag-federalist","tag-merit-based","tag-opportunities","tag-skin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1806812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}