Oregon School Declares Core Skills No Longer Necessary Because Minorities Aren’t Testing Well

October 25, 2023

Board member claims those opposed to move are displaying “bigotry” and “racial superiority”

by Steve Watson Summit News

School officials in Oregon have decided that proficiency in reading, writing and math are no longer necessary in order to graduate, reasoning that minority children are not testing well and therefore the current standards are “discriminatory”.

Yes, really.

[…] The Daily Mail reports that the State Board of Education there voted to suspend the need to prove standards in core skills for FIVE years because ‘equity’, or something.