CRC Pouting: Opt-Out Opinions Not Part of Test Data
OMG, this one is unbelievable!
The Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum tried their very hardest to undermine the pilot testing of the new sex-ed curriculum. They sent out letters, emails, they robo-called people at home, well, unless this is your first visit to this site you know what they've been doing to persuade people to keep their kids out of the testing.
The whole point of the pilot-testing, of course, was to find out if and how the classes could be improved. By attempting to disrupt the testing, the CRC made it very clear that they have no interest in improving the curriculum, they just want to stop it. We always knew that, but this situation made it crystal-clear to everybody.
If they wanted to make the courses more conservative, that is, if they wanted to participate democratically in the development process, the smart thing for them would have been to send the conservative families' kids to the classes and let them ask hard questions, or express their parents' anti-gay opinions, in the classroom. Those questions and comments would then have been recorded in the test data, sent to the central office for analysis, and in the long run they would have had some legitimate input into the system.
Instead, they did everything they could to sabotage the test.
Somebody just pointed me to this morning's Washington Times article, and I cannot believe what I'm seeing.
Whoa, I need to stop, my sides are hurting.
The CRC's campaign to undermine this testing was, in my memory, their biggest effort ever. They got the TV channels involved, they got the American Family Association involved, they worked long and hard to make a database of names and addresses and phone numbers out of the PTA directories, they spent money on postage and automated phone-calling technology, they put the pedal to the metal this time.
This is almost sad, it's so funny.
The Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum tried their very hardest to undermine the pilot testing of the new sex-ed curriculum. They sent out letters, emails, they robo-called people at home, well, unless this is your first visit to this site you know what they've been doing to persuade people to keep their kids out of the testing.
The whole point of the pilot-testing, of course, was to find out if and how the classes could be improved. By attempting to disrupt the testing, the CRC made it very clear that they have no interest in improving the curriculum, they just want to stop it. We always knew that, but this situation made it crystal-clear to everybody.
If they wanted to make the courses more conservative, that is, if they wanted to participate democratically in the development process, the smart thing for them would have been to send the conservative families' kids to the classes and let them ask hard questions, or express their parents' anti-gay opinions, in the classroom. Those questions and comments would then have been recorded in the test data, sent to the central office for analysis, and in the long run they would have had some legitimate input into the system.
Instead, they did everything they could to sabotage the test.
Somebody just pointed me to this morning's Washington Times article, and I cannot believe what I'm seeing.
Montgomery County public-school officials are asking students and teachers to review a new sex-education curriculum, irking some parents who want to include their feedback.
The lessons, which include discussions on homosexuality and condom use, were taught in six schools last month, and officials intend to introduce them countywide this fall.
Parents who oppose the curriculum are angry that their responses will not be included in the review, which will be presented to the county school board.
"I find this to be very one-sided," said Michelle Turner, spokeswoman for Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, which opposes the new lessons. "It would be nice if they could contact the parents who opted their kids out and get feedback from them." Sex-ed classes under review
Whoa, I need to stop, my sides are hurting.
The CRC's campaign to undermine this testing was, in my memory, their biggest effort ever. They got the TV channels involved, they got the American Family Association involved, they worked long and hard to make a database of names and addresses and phone numbers out of the PTA directories, they spent money on postage and automated phone-calling technology, they put the pedal to the metal this time.
This is almost sad, it's so funny.
posted by JimK at 4:27 PM
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Parents who oppose the curriculum are angry that their responses will not be included in the review, which will be presented to the county school board.
Their "responses" to what, a curriculum they didn't allow their kids be exposed to? How does the CRC expect their supporters' kids to respond to a curriculum they didn't get to experience because they were denied parental permission to take the pilot class?
Duh. Stupid is as stupid does.
Parents who oppose the curriculum are angry that their responses will not be included in the review, which will be presented to the county school board.
"I find this to be very one-sided," said Michelle Turner, spokeswoman for Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, which opposes the new lessons. "It would be nice if they could contact the parents who opted their kids out and get feedback from them."
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Well if Turner wants to have the CRC/PFOX supporters(parents) comments included who opted their children out well how about also including the comments from parents who OPTED THEIR KIDS IN TO TAKE THE COURSE?
Naw... never mind CRC/PFOX would not want that since they only want their side heard from.
Purist
Stupidity? Maybe. But more likely it was hubris or arrogance on the suers' part. I bet they thought their letters and robocalls would get the majority of MCPS parents to agree to withhold permission for the pilot testing and that would show the BOE the true will of MCPS parents.
Well, the suers did their best but guess what? What TTF has been saying all along proved to be true. As the "Final Tally" thread below demonstrates, a tiny minority, fewer than 10% of MCPS parents at pilot test schools agree with the suers while more than 90% agree with TTF and MCPS.
This 9:1 ratio is even more lopsided than the usual 66:33 red/blue split in Montgomery County. Why? Because unlike the radical fringe theocons of CRC/PFOX/FLN, most GOP county residents are moderates who are tolerant and supportive of LGBT people and of inclusive and comprehensive sex ed in our public schools.
The fact is the CRC/PFOX and their whiny cronies had their say. They have no say on this because this is for those who participated. Michelle Turner needs to find something to do with her life that is real- maybe start walking cats too.
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