James makes an important stentorian command: Get involved at the school board level! There are many ways to do so, as he describes. For me, the unwillingness of most parents to criticize the race and sexual indoctrination of small school children, as well as the censorship of classical literature and closure of classroom debate, is shocking.
I sure hope you're right. Woke administrators have been demanding people atone for the sins of their ancestors. It looks like they may have to atone for the ridiculous decisions they have made in recent years instead. College attendance is declining, especially in the humanities, so hopefully things are changing for the better.
I think it is clear that boards are not going to be able to continue the status quo for much longer, now that they are coming up against parental activism. The Woke only dominate in the way they currently do because of the traditional passivity of parents; i.e., the sleeping giant. The Woke have become so brazen that they have unwittingly awakened it, which is just as well, because the cultural heist that they (The Woke) are currently attempting is well under way as we speak.
The first paragraph here corroborates precisely with my own developing reflections, and it is reassuring to see this scenario articulated. Although I frame things not in the source ideological particulars (marxism, etc...) but in the effect of their delivery on the moral standing of the West. While social groups and structures who, from "the sixties" on continued to adhere to traditional meanings of the West--but nonetheless respected "academic freedom" and free expression, these unchallenged academics used their free license to implement a massive campaign of demoralization of all things Western, which has been incredible successful. So now the West has zero recourse to meaning and any value based on it. Tradition has no moral defense. Thus we see most people just follow sheepishly the claims of meaning and value made by fringe academics and activists of what is now called woke ideology. It's quite sad, really.
Fear! even fear of being criticized or spoken badly about in the media can effect how elected persons treat other elected persons. They could turn their backs on basic fundamental rights in favour of an interpretation of a Code of Conduct. or Human Rights Commission's rulings. A Code of Conduct does not supersede Laws such as the Education Act, it does not supersede a Boards Bylaws and even if it did it would not, nor can any Law or document, set aside the Charter's "everyone has the right to opinion and EXPRESSION” (the only exceptions to this would be Criminal Code violations).
Censuring someone is debateable as to whether, or not, it violates their right of free expression. But barring an elected member (Trustee) from meetings or committees IS a violation. And so would barring or limiting parent's presentations IMO.
In what way are these identitarian activists “quasi-culturally socialist activists”. What part of “socialism” bends towards race and gender and away from social class? You are right that this is a subversion of public education but call it what it is, not what you want to blame it on. This is like calling Trump a “conservative”.
James makes an important stentorian command: Get involved at the school board level! There are many ways to do so, as he describes. For me, the unwillingness of most parents to criticize the race and sexual indoctrination of small school children, as well as the censorship of classical literature and closure of classroom debate, is shocking.
I sure hope you're right. Woke administrators have been demanding people atone for the sins of their ancestors. It looks like they may have to atone for the ridiculous decisions they have made in recent years instead. College attendance is declining, especially in the humanities, so hopefully things are changing for the better.
https://unskool.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-administrative-activism
Nice to see some sane people there, for a change.
Check out this teacher who is very active on Twitter and is intent on destroying Catholic education in Ontario. https://twitter.com/misterdebuono/status/1644716892605513729?cxt=HHwWgoCwvZfTmtMtAAAA
I think it is clear that boards are not going to be able to continue the status quo for much longer, now that they are coming up against parental activism. The Woke only dominate in the way they currently do because of the traditional passivity of parents; i.e., the sleeping giant. The Woke have become so brazen that they have unwittingly awakened it, which is just as well, because the cultural heist that they (The Woke) are currently attempting is well under way as we speak.
Thank you James
The first paragraph here corroborates precisely with my own developing reflections, and it is reassuring to see this scenario articulated. Although I frame things not in the source ideological particulars (marxism, etc...) but in the effect of their delivery on the moral standing of the West. While social groups and structures who, from "the sixties" on continued to adhere to traditional meanings of the West--but nonetheless respected "academic freedom" and free expression, these unchallenged academics used their free license to implement a massive campaign of demoralization of all things Western, which has been incredible successful. So now the West has zero recourse to meaning and any value based on it. Tradition has no moral defense. Thus we see most people just follow sheepishly the claims of meaning and value made by fringe academics and activists of what is now called woke ideology. It's quite sad, really.
Fear! even fear of being criticized or spoken badly about in the media can effect how elected persons treat other elected persons. They could turn their backs on basic fundamental rights in favour of an interpretation of a Code of Conduct. or Human Rights Commission's rulings. A Code of Conduct does not supersede Laws such as the Education Act, it does not supersede a Boards Bylaws and even if it did it would not, nor can any Law or document, set aside the Charter's "everyone has the right to opinion and EXPRESSION” (the only exceptions to this would be Criminal Code violations).
Censuring someone is debateable as to whether, or not, it violates their right of free expression. But barring an elected member (Trustee) from meetings or committees IS a violation. And so would barring or limiting parent's presentations IMO.
In what way are these identitarian activists “quasi-culturally socialist activists”. What part of “socialism” bends towards race and gender and away from social class? You are right that this is a subversion of public education but call it what it is, not what you want to blame it on. This is like calling Trump a “conservative”.