School Psychology Staff Function Exactly Like Corporate DEI Departments
Abigail Shrier · Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright · May 21, 2024 · at 1:13:44
Investigative journalist Abigail Shrier discusses why teachers remain silent about therapy culture in schools on The Knowledge Project.
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“Because the psych staffs are like the DEI staffs of an organ, of a corporation. That's what the psych staff now is at a school. They effectively run the schools. They pass judgment on everything. They control what a teacher can assign. What kind of test a teacher can assign and to what child? They're effectively running the show. They've been put in charge of the schools. Just like DEI, the DEI groups have been put in charge of corporations. They're effectively running and intimidating everyone.”
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