Diversity training is any program designed to facilitate positive intergroup interaction, reduce prejudice and discrimination, and generally teach individuals who are different from others how to work together effectively. On April 22, 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed into law the “Individual Freedom Act.” The bill prohibited schools and companies from mandating diversity training as a requirement for attendance or employment. If schools or employers violated the law they would be exposed to expanded civil liability exposures. Banned mandatory training topics include: 1.…
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Yes
@9H4KC4K1yr1Y
understanding our privileges allows us to listen more compassionately to the marginalized, ensuring we are able to provide those struggling with the resources they need to be successful and be accepted and treated kindly.
Children and teens can feel unseen and left out if their specific needs aren't met, and may feel uncomfortable, which may alter heir learning experience and not being them to full potential.
@9GZX6DDConservative1yr1Y
Many more vital issues to deal with and ideological hegemony should be done with in educational institutions.
@9FB77921yr1Y
What is there to train? There are different skin colors in schools already. Training the teacher to hate the white kids is just going to create more biases not eliminate them.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
No
@9H4KC4K1yr1Y
In order to support all of our diverse students and their varying needs in an equitable way, educators need to engage in discussions where they can examine their own identity and privilege, so they can teach with more compassion and understanding, ensuring that all students can access what they need to be successful.
Teachers should at least know the basics on how to respond to those students who need extra help, and to not exclude anybody, learning how to include anybody.
They need to know about different cultures, races and other things to be respectful to their students.
@9JS8GNH11mos11MO
They should be allowed to, due to that it could teach students to not discriminate others due to other things they have been told stereotypes about some of the people that they could be discriminating against, but if teacher teach them about it, they could, and most likely should learn to treat everyone equally no matter what, depending on lets say if its a criminal, they don't get treated equally due to the things they have done.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
No, only for students that display racist behavior
Everyone should be educated to reduce discrimination as a preventative measure instead of a reactive measure.
@9H4B72J1yr1Y
There shouldn’t be training on how to be politically correct. If someone is offensive, just expel them. Don’t force them to learn something they don’t want. Just tell them there’ll be consequences if they commit acts of discrimination.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
No, only for teachers or faculty members that display racist behavior
@9NWTD4W 7mos7MO
No everyone should be able to go to Diverse Training no matter if you were prejudiced or not. I believe that everyone needs to know about Diverse learning techniques, since there are so many people who are suffering in silence and struggling within the public learning system.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
No, diversity training should be encouraged but not required
@9NWTD4W 7mos7MO
I agree, it shouldn't be required, but we should still have as a standard training for teachers. Since there are so many kids struggling within the public system, teachers should know how they learn.
@B22MJBC2wks2W
No, diversity training should be encouraged but not required, and any faculty member that commits acts of discrimination should be expelled.
@9YK7T9B2mos2MO
No, but mainly because mandatory diversity training is usually not the most effective way to create a better workplace environment for marginalized groups. Schools should focus on initiatives that bolster connection and open-mindedness in ways that work.
Yes, also creating awareness of Indigenous peoples history due to Canada. Discrimination against Indigenous peoples needs to stop. Every other race or culture is respected or unbothered. Educate! Or the cycle of disrespect and racism will only continue.
@9F5KMPV1yr1Y
Teachers and school staff should receive diversity training so they do not pass biases and prejudice on to students. It's important teachers be informed on topics such as homophobia, transphobia, racism and xenophobia to help foster a welcoming classroom environment. Teachers shouldn't be allowed to spread hate speech in the classroom.
@9F5HLMK1yr1Y
Only for differences universal all humans like disabilities.
@9F5FC8S 1yr1Y
Mandatory Training should be focused less in cultures/ethnicities and more on differences that are universal to all humans — such as biological gender (female rights, toxic masculinity) and disabilities.
@9D8NPQM1yr1Y
Depends what you mean by diversity training
@9LX8MD98mos8MO
No, but discriminatory behaviour should be grounds for repercussions. Publically funded schools should have published guidelines for when termination is warranted.
@9L4XKWX9mos9MO
Definitely for factors that people do not have a choice about such as skin colour or country of birth.
@9GNXXXT1yr1Y
Have more support for teachers, and hire well-educated and well-rounded people from all backgrounds.
@9GCJ9X91yr1Y
Unfortunately in education, we always take things to an extreme to overcorrect past wrongs. Then we find ourselves overcorrecting our overcorrections. Diversity training or training in multicultural education should be a part of our inservice development for teachers so that we understand how to meet the needs and be aware of all the students we service. We must never EVER use this type of training to make current students ashamed of their heritage, race or sex.
@9G7KWZY1yr1Y
Yes, but only for populations that historically have been oppressed by the education system directly (I.e., Disabled and Indigenous Students)
@9FQ2ZJY1yr1Y
No schools should have a code of conduct that recognizes respect for people of all backgrounds, abilities, gender expression etc..these courses should be a part of professional training of young people, and part of the expectation of conduct of all employees.
@9FGJD5C1yr1Y
NO, it should not happen anywhere
I think anybody should have the right to say whatever they want to say, but they must know that there will be consequences NOT legal but other people might do something to them for whatever they chose to say.
@9BXP6MQ2yrs2Y
Go over basic respect and tolerance stuff
@9BMXVQ62yrs2Y
Yes, as long as the teachers get paid to do it.
@9C7HLYB2yrs2Y
Should be based on the location and the census based on the type of people attending the school and in the area.
Deleted2yrs2Y
No, and "diversity" training should be banned for pushing terrorist propaganda.
@9BK2RQ62yrs2Y
Encourage teaching of black history, as well as other marginalized histories in Canadian school textbooks for students, but also fund museums which allow people to tell their stories. But for staff, also have training available for them.
@99MW2JL2yrs2Y
No, all staff should look at a person for who they are not their, ethnicity, sexuality or hair colour.
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