Ridgewood Schools reveal their blueprint to shape the future of education in the village
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, over the past several years, Ridgewood’s social structuralists have erected scaffolding to conceal the “tradition of excellence.” A tradition that is slowly eroding, but one that was built on American values and beliefs. That life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness relied on independent freedoms and choices, not upon the structural orders of Critical Theory hypotheticals. District and Village representatives are proud to pull the curtain off their self-created scaffolding to reveal a new structure: the politically left and teacher union approved “Community School.”
Community Schools emerged from the Coalition for Community Schools in 1997. They gained additional interest and following after Randi Weingarten advocated for this structure when running for president of the American Federation of Teachers union in 2008. Over time, the community school structure has established foundations in cities such as Oakland, CA and Baltimore, MD. Community Schools believe that it is the responsibility of the school, family, and community to enhance the conditions for a child’s “whole development.”
Yes, it takes a village to raise a child; however, this new social order follows the blueprint that Michel Foucault discussed in his lecture titled Governmentality. The art of government aims to apply a binary model to govern the individual, the family, and the community. Foucault theorizes that surveillance and control are two methods that enable an authority figure to manage the family, labeled “economy” in his lecture. Michel Foucault promotes Guillaume de La Perrière’s idea that “government is the right disposition of things, arranged so as to lead to a convenient end (Foucault, 94).” Where the government employs tactics and laws and even law tactics to arrive at a convenient end that satisfies obedience to the law.
Recognizing that public schools require a new direction due to declining enrollment, rising needs, and stagnating funding Ridgewood Public School administrators settled for a convenient structure where Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices and theories will be normed into the school’s practices and policies. Community School frameworks have support from teacher unions and former President Biden’s administration.
The district’s vision shines brightly for those few involved and those willing to concede their own family’s needs for obedience to the carefully crafted bureaucratic structure now in place. The vision remains cloudy for a larger segment of the population. What is clear is that the district settled for a politically correct compromise that allows their divisive and strategic manipulations to advance with impunity. Their vision settles for a convenient “pursuit of excellence,” rather than recommit to the traditions that have afforded them the opportunity to make these sudden changes. Children and families will continue struggling to make sense of this Foucauldian structure, pursuing ancient documents like Poggio Bracciolini.
The district has a vision though: Government funded Social Emotional Curriculums will reform a child’s character. Literacy curriculums will promote self-reflection exercises where self-identification is formed upon comparison to perceived power structures. Merit will continue to be dismissed in favor of equity. Excellence will be awarded based upon conformity. Mental health support systems will shield children from adverse situations, promoting the booming business of the mental health industry. Educrats will only recommend a child’s attendance at prestigious American universities when they demonstrate compliance, conformity and activism. The same universities that have attempted to build out similar frameworks and those that are currently rated as “poor” and “below average” on FIRE’s free speech rankings. “For ALL” will mean those that believe themselves to be unable to obtain liberty and happiness unless it comes from a power source that is not the individual’s own agency.
Will district leaders have the courage and humility to do what is right for all students, or will they concede power to the whims of the reactionary and vocal activist groups? Are they humble leaders that can serve all people or will families be forced to navigate a gauntlet of bureaucratic structures by joining groups to meet the individual needs of their child?
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