Elite Florida private school requires students to take a class on 'bias' and 'equity' to graduate
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- 03 Mar 2023
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An elite private preparatory school in Florida requires high school students to take a course on "bias" and "equity" to graduate.
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North Broward Preparatory School is an elite private school in Coconut Creek, Florida, that instructs children from 3 to 18 years old. It charges $38,520 per year in high school tuition and now requires students in the class of 2025 and onward to take a mandatory "Confronting Bias, Working Towards Equity" course.
The preparatory school is part of a global network of 81 schools in 32 countries operated by Nord Anglia Education. The international family of schools instructs 70,000 students worldwide with academies in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
According to the school system, "curriculum initiatives and complementary programmes are developed centrally and shared locally."
"Across our organisation, we have built leadership capacity to encourage local dialogue and awareness, to understand the local context and needs and then develop our global strategy which scopes our priorities moving forward," it added.
The Nord Anglia international network operates eight schools in the United States in cities including Orlando, Coral Springs, Houston, Charlotte, Washington D.C., New York City, Boston, and Chicago.
The mandatory bias and equity course at the Coconut Creek school is for "incoming Grades 9-11." It aims to "raise students' awareness and give strategies to not only acknowledge their biases and prejudices but to also speak up in situations when biases and prejudices are present," according to the course description.
The class seeks to help students to cultivate a "confident sense of identity, a sense of fairness and justice, without the need to feel superior to others."
"By normalizing and focusing on the study of certain issues through a historical, political, and social lens, we can ensure that our students are learning relevant social sciences skills while also engaging in the vital work of exploring inclusivity, diversity, and confronting bias in their everyday lives," the course description stated. Read More…
