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Darien Parents For Transparency and Accountability
In Our Public Schools
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Saving Our Education
Feb 15, 20221 min read
"Diversity" Requires Acknowledging Differing Perspectives on Race
"To be clear, it is important to reckon with the ugly legacy of racism in this country. But we also need to acknowledge the progress that...

Saving Our Education
Feb 11, 20224 min read
Student Opt-Out Notification
Darien parents: on February 8, 2022, the Darien Board of Education approved additional funding to extend California-based DEI Consultant...

Saving Our Education
Jan 18, 20221 min read
SIGN THIS LETTER! Darien Public School Budget - Open Choice Wrong Choice / California Consultant
Do you believe Open Choice is the Wrong Choice for Darien? Do you oppose Ken Shelton's radical views and controversial social media...


Saving Our Education
Jan 6, 20221 min read
Understanding DEI and its Implications at Universities
"The words diversity, equity and inclusion' sound just, and are often supported by well-intentioned people, but their effects are the...


Saving Our Education
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Who is Ken Shelton, Darien Public Schools' DEI Consultant?
Mr. Shelton of Elevate Education https://us.elevateeducation.com was chosen by Darien Public School System as a consultant to guide the...


Saving Our Education
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Students in Maryland's most populous county told there is a 'double pandemic' of COVID and racism
https://www.foxnews.com/us/marylands-most-populous-county-told-students-there-is-a-double-pandemic-of-covid-and-racism...


Saving Our Education
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Denying CRT
"The mythical Republican who wants to ban teaching about slavery or Jim Crow doesn’t exist. No one objects to an accurate portrayal of...

Saving Our Education
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Time To Get Smart About CRT
Here are some FAQs and answers you might find helpful .... 1) What Is CRT? "Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a branch of what we call...


Saving Our Education
Nov 1, 20211 min read
All the power to the parents vs. Critical Race Theory
Republican Burgess Owens, a former New York Jet, now represents Utah in Congress.


Saving Our Education
Oct 31, 20210 min read

Saving Our Education
Oct 31, 20211 min read
A Black New Canaan resident's thoughts about the Board of Education election in the town
https://www.ncadvertiser.com/opinion/article/A-Black-New-Canaan-resident-s-thoughts-about-16577730.php


Saving Our Education
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Failure Factory - DEI In Buffalo Schools
Buffalo’s school district tells students that “all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism”—while presiding over...


Saving Our Education
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Subversive Education Techniques Being Promoted in Professional Development
https://www.city-journal.org/critical-race-theory-in-wake-county-nc-schools?wallit_nosession=1 Parents, according to the teachers, should...


Saving Our Education
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Is the Public School System Constitutional?
"Education is mostly speech, and parents have a constitutional right to choose the speech with which their children will be educated....

Saving Our Education
Oct 22, 20211 min read
No More APs, Exams and a New Way To Grade In Stamford... Is Darien Next?
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Stamford-high-schools-suspend-midterms-finals-16445547.php https://www.stamfordadvocate...

Saving Our Education
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Parents of ALL Parties Allowed to be Concerned, not Labeled as "Monsters"
https://twitter.com/CTSenateDems/status/1451214193391198209


Saving Our Education
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Wrong think? MIT cancels Geophysicist's Speech over his opinion on diversity
https://www.newsweek.com/diversity-problem-campus-opinion-1618419 https://www.newsweek.com/mit-cancels-geophysicists-lecture-after-activi...

Saving Our Education
Oct 21, 20211 min read
DEI at Grace Church High School in Manhattan
https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/i-refuse-to-stand-by-while-my-students "Antiracist” training sounds righteous, but it is the opposite of...


Saving Our Education
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Intent to "Shape A New District" in Darien -- Without Alerting Community
DISTRICT PROFILE AND PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020 * see page 7 ISSUE #1 By his own definition, Dr. Addley, the new...

Saving Our Education
Oct 19, 20212 min read
DPS "Portrait of a Graduate" Designed By Self-Proclaimed Social Justice Agency
Amidst the flurry of end-of-pandemic-school-year survey invitations sent to parents via email, on June 1, 2020, who recalls receiving/...
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