43. Steven Greenhouse, “Teachers’ Union Head Accuses Pompeo of Stoking Hate with ‘Filth’ Comments,” Guardian, November 23, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/23/teachers-union-randi-weingarten-pompeo.
44. “Failing Grade: Literacy in America,” The Policy Circle, August 30, 2022, https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/.
45. Talia Kaplan, “‘Woke’ NYC School Curriculum Prompts Dad to Move Daughter to Florida,” Fox News, April 26, 2021, https://www.foxnews.com/us/woke-nyc-school-curriculum-father-move-florida.
46. Dana Kennedy, “Inside the Growing Underground Network of Parents Fighting ‘Anti-Racism’ in NYC Schools,” New York Post, April 24, 2021, https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/how-parents-are-fighting-critical-race-theory-in-nyc-schools/.
47. Ibid.
48. Sharp, “Parents of Kids at New England Private Schools.”
49. Zoe Christen Jones, “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Bill into Law—Known by Critics as ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill,” CBS News, March 28, 2022, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-desantis-dont-say-gay-bill-signed-parental-rights-in-education/.
50. See https://parentalrights.org/news/.
Chapter 5: Destroying Individualism
1. “Civil Disobedience: Thoreau in Jail,” Libertarianism.org, https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/civil-disobedience-thoreau-jail.
2. “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” National Park Service, August 4, 2020, https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm.
3. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream.”
4. Rep. Dan Bishop’s Twitter thread with details about the woke and equity inclusions in the 2022 Congressional Omnibus spending bill. See https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1605253710753501186.html.
5. Asra Nomani, “The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn: Why Are Administrators at a Top-Ranked Public High School Hiding National Merit Awards from Students and Families?” City Journal, December 21, 2022, https://www.city-journal.org/war-on-merit-takes-bizarre-turn. For video of Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid speaking about her desire for ‘equal outcomes’ for all students, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujpcvIsMZBU.
6. See https://southcountyms.fcps.edu/academics/grading-policy.
7. Nomani, “The War on Merit.”
8. Ibid.
9. Nick Minock, “Fairfax County Parents Call for Accountability after National Merit Award Scandal,” ABC 7News, December 30, 2022, https://wjla.com/news/local/thomas-jefferson-high-school-delay-notifying-students-national-merit-awards-ann-bonitatibus-brandon-kosatka-tj-fairfax-county-fcps-parents-angry-top-ranked-northern-virginia-scadal-education-scholarship-college-admissions-demand-firing-investigation.
10. Ibid.
11. See the FCPS full statement: “Statement on Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Delay in Sharing National Merit Scholarship Corporation Recognitions,” December 30, 2022, https://www.fcps.edu/news/statement-thomas-jefferson-high-school-science-and-technology-delay-sharing-national-merit.
12. Danielle Wallace, “Virginia AG Expands Probe after More than a Dozen Schools Withheld Merit Awards during ‘Equity’ Push,” Fox News, January 17, 2023, https://www.foxnews.com/us/virginia-ag-expands-probe-more-than-dozen-schools-withheld-merit-awards-equity-push.
13. Ibid.
14. Sarah Mervosh and Ashley Wu, “Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam,” New York Times, October 24, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/us/math-reading-scores-pandemic.html.
15. Erica L. Green and Dana Goldstein, “Reading Scores on National Exam Decline in Half the States,” New York Times, updated December 5, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/reading-scores-national-exam.html.
16. “PISA 2018 Worldwide Ranking—Average Score of Mathematics, Science and Reading,” FactsMap, https://factsmaps.com/pisa-2018-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-mathematics-science-reading/.
17. “Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Results from PISA 2018,” Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/PISA2018_CN_USA.pdf.
18. Catrin Wigfall, “District Admin Growth 10x Greater than Student, Teacher, Growth,” American Experiment, November 22, 2023, https://www.americanexperiment.org/district-admin-growth-10x-greater-than-student-teacher-growth/.
19. Sami Edge, “Oregon Again Says Students Don’t Need to Prove Mastery of Reading, Writing or Math to Graduate, Citing Harm to Students of Color,” The Oregonian, October 19, 2023, https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/10/oregon-again-says-students-dont-need-to-prove-mastery-of-reading-writing-or-math-to-graduate-citing-harm-to-students-of-color.html&subscribed=auth0%7C65f674342ab350666124f5a7.
20. Baker A. Mitchell Jr., “Why Johnny Still Can’t Read,” National Review, October 10, 2020, https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/public-schools-passing-students-who-cant-read/.
21. Doug Lederman, “Graduated but Not Literate,” Inside Higher Education, December 15, 2005, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/12/16/graduated-not-literate.
22. “New Study on the Literacy of College Students Finds Some Are Graduating with Only Basic Skills,” American Institutes for Research, January 19, 2006, https://www.air.org/news/press-release/new-study-literacy-college-students-finds-some-are-graduating-only-basic-skills.
23. Ibid.
24. Martha C. White, “The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired,” Time, November 10, 2013, https://business.time.com/2013/11/10/the-real-reason-new-college-grads-cant-get-hired/.
25. Meghan Marrin, “Why Business Leaders Think College Grads Aren’t Ready to Work,” Poets & Quants, August 10, 2023, https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/meghans-why-business-leaders-think-40-of-college-grads-are-not-ready-to-work/.
26. “Medical Schools That Don’t Require the MCAT: What You Should Know,” Inspira Advantage, August 9, 2022, https://www.inspiraadvantage.com/blog/medical-schools-that-dont-require-the-mcat-what-you-should-know.
27. Ilana Kowarski, “What the MCAT Test Is Like and How to Prepare,” U.S. News & World Report, June 21, 2022, https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/articles/what-is-the-mcat-test-like-and-how-do-you-prepare-for-it.
28. Heather Mac Donald, “The Corruption of Medicine,” City Journal, Summer 2022, https://www.city-journal.org/the-corruption-of-medicine.
29. Editorial Board, “Medical Education Goes Woke,” Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2022, https://www.wsj.com/articles/medical-training-goes-woke-association-of-american-medical-colleges-doctors-11658871789.
30. Ibid.
31. See American Medical Association at https://www.ama-assn.org/.