Racist Minnesota Policy Pays Teachers Based Upon Skin Color
It’s a frigid 18 degrees in Minnesota, but things are heating up in Mankato county, where the school board unanimously voted to pay minority teachers more. The pay increase is not merit but race-based. The school board also encouraged segregating employees based on skin color to “reduce isolation.” This is a blatantly racist virtue signal that has no benefit to students.
The policy reads, “Retention strategies may include providing financial incentives for teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian to work in the school or district for at least five years and placing American Indian educators at sites with other American Indian educators and educators of color at sites with other educators of color to reduce isolation and increase opportunity for collegial support.”
Several board members expressed support for the new policy, saying it was not segregation.
This racist school board does what liberals have done best for years: pay minorities to gain their support, but do nothing material enough to change their lives. The lives of minority students would be changed by allocating funds for children in struggling predominately minority schools by recruiting top educators, creating parental outreach, and implementing before and after school tutoring.
Hiring simply based upon race is not in the best interest of students. Their teachers should be selected and promoted based on performance, merit, and recommendations.
Several studies show that minority students often fall behind in math and reading. The way to fix this pervasive problem is to invest in these students and focus on their character’s content, not the color of their teachers’ skin.
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