Johnny can't read or do math, but philanthropists are making sure he learns 'equity'

If public schools and nonprofit groups are serious about reducing the educational gap between racial groups, they will start dedicating the time and money necessary to teach students to read and perform math at or above grade level. Instead, philanthropic groups waste hundreds of millions of dollars on “equity” goals, convincing students to feel good about their failing reading and math scores.

K-12 activists claim these goals are necessary to achieve “equal opportunity” for all students, but in practice, they achieve centralized control of outcomes. And those outcomes are failing our children.

Philanthropic foundations use grant funding to nudge public schools in certain ideological directions through various education “initiatives.” However, studies reveal no evidence that these grants have improved student outcomes. Even in the years just before the pandemic, scores were mostly stagnant or in decline.