Dear Members of the Eanes School Board, We all want to believe that this whole Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion move isn’t just about virtue signaling. Surely, you’re not as shallow as that. Right? Hey, look, here’s the picture of you all that was posted on the web right after the May 2020 election. Aw, look, you’re wearing masks […]
Month: August 2021
Our Statesman Reporter
A week ago (August 23-24, 2021), the reporter for the Austin American-Statesman who covers Westlake and Lake Travis, wrote four articles about the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions efforts in Eanes. In one of the articles, she addresses whether the District’s “equity work” involves Critical Race Theory. Given the following five facts about the author, can […]
Male, Female, Nonbinary, or Other
Things We Know for Sure 1. The District has plans to expand its DEI initiative. The District leadership has explicitly stated that they intend to expand the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative beyond just race. The topic of race is where they’re starting, but, according to their own words, it’s just the beginning. This plan to expand is explicitly […]
They Will Not Stop
James Lindsay, one of the most knowledgeable national critics of Critical Theory, asks the question, “What is your woke breaking point?” At what point will the woke revolutionaries push you so far that you say enough is enough? At what point will you look at woke Superintendent Leonard, the woke School Board members, and woke DEI […]
Woke Beyond Measure
For the 2020-21 school year, the Eanes School Board hired Dr. Mark Gooden, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant,. During that time, Dr. Gooden led some student focus groups, taught some professional development, met with the DEI advisory committee, created three equity leadership teams, conducted a staff climate survey, and wrote a 20-page report based on […]
Dr. Gooden’s Survey
During the 2020-21 school year, Dr. Mark Gooden, the Eanes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity consultant, administered a survey to Eanes ISD employees. The survey can be found on the Eanes website at the end of his report. For ease of reading, the questions are posted below without formatting. ******** All of the following come from […]
Dr. Gooden’s Report
On June 20, 2021, Dr. Mark Gooden, the Eanes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant, submitted his final report to the School Board. Have you read the report? Did the Board get its $140,000 worth?
Not a grift AT ALL
Incidentally, did anyone really think that the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant was going to come into Eanes, administer his woke survey, and conclude that everything was hunky dory? Was there any universe in which the consultant was ever going to look at the District and conclude that things were in good shape? I mean, it’s […]
Not Defining Equity
Let’s take another look at the DEI FAQ question about equity. This answer is supposed to define equity, but somehow, it just never gets there: We’ve already looked at the train wreck that is the first sentence and its use of the Marxist Critical Theory term critical consciousness. Notice that this first sentence fails on two counts: (1) it’s incoherent, […]
Critical Consciousness
A question on the Eanes DEI FAQ webpage reads, “How do you define Equity as it pertains to education?” The District’s answer: Equity in education is a goal supported by a critical consciousness that is closely connected to actions implemented to provide fair access to the curriculum, create a welcoming climate and a safe space to grow for […]