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The answer is the common-fund doctrine, which relates not to asset management but to whether a trust beneficiary who brings an action involving the trust may be reimbursed from the...

Virginia has scrapped a proposed initiative many critics said would have limited student access to advance math courses in the name of improving "equity."

There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.”

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is attempting to walk back its equity-focuses math program in a way that conflicts with previous statements it has made and materials it has promoted on acceleration.

Virginia Department of Education shoots down claims of eliminating accelerated math courses for equity plan By Ayesha Khan Some parents on Northern Virginia are asking whether the Commonwealth is eliminating advanced math classes. RICHMOND, Va. - Are advanced math classes going away in Virginia for the sake of student equity?  It’s what many parents in Northern Virginia are asking after a Loudoun County school board member posted to social media that this is being considered in the Commonwea...

Virginia’s Department of Education announced that it will eliminate accelerated math classes in all public schools. It’s about Marxist “equity.” Some kids can’t make the grade so they will bring everyone else down to their level. I think they should get rid of the NFL because some kids can’t make the NFL. While I’m at it, they should end medical school because some kids can’t get in. Once they eliminate the classes in Virginia schools, the wealthy parents will pay for extra clas...

By Hans Bader | April 26, 2021 | 10:55am EDT Texas high school students sit in a class. (Photo credit: Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images) "The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would in the school system," reports  Fox News. It is doing this to promote "equity," reports the Wash...

Segregations Legacy? Virginia to Overhaul Math Curriculum in K-12 for Racial Equitys Sake Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202104251082720680-segregations-legacy-virginia-to-overhaul-math-curriculum-in-k-12-for-racial-equitys-sake/ The US system of mathematics education is unjust and originating in segregation and other forms of institutional systems of oppression, say equity activists offering to "dismantle racism" in math instruction and lower learning standards so that black,...

April 25, 2021 By Rod DREHER As many of you know, David Brooks and I are friends. I can tell you that it’s hard to find a more generous and decent man anywhere. That’s really true, and that, besides my innate loyalty to friends, is why I ball up my internal fist whenever I hear people criticize him harshly. And it’s why I’m not going to publish any comments on this blog that criticize him personally (as distinct from criticizing his ideas). But I also recognize that David is disposition...

Virginia Moving to Eliminate All Accelerated Math Courses Before 11th Grade Sam Dorman, Fox News, April 22, 2021 The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would in the school system. Loudoun County school board member Ian Serotkin posted about the change via Facebook on Tuesday. According to Serotkin, he learned of the change the night prio...