Desert Sands Unified to Approve Agreement for Bargain Basement DEI(B) Teachers

If you have Netflix, you are financing racism in our schools.

“While the crucial information of the coursework that Alder Graduate School of Education students are required to take was withheld by DSUSD, we can glean some insight by visiting Alder Graduate School of Education’s website.

Amazingly, Alder Graduate School of Education advertises that students can complete a Master in Education (34 units of coursework) AND a teaching credential, a 2-4 year process for most, in just one year! 

Even more amazing is how those grad-students can complete such accelerated coursework when considering Alder Graduate School of Education’s commitment to DEIB-Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Gotta love how [they] keep adding words and definitions to their Marxist slogans. Also, gotta wonder if the DSUSD intentionally left the coursework off the agenda.

According to Alder Graduate School of Education’s “Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging,” Alder GSE believes that “…actively promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEIB) is key to our success as a graduate school of education.”  

Yup, they are teaching teachers to learn how to hate, discriminate and indoctrinate students in radicalism.  That was NOT mentioned to the Board or the parents.  In other words, if someone has a degree from this school that should not be hired.  Why hire an open, proud racist for our classrooms?

Desert Sands Unified to Approve Agreement for Bargain Basement DEI(B) Teachers

Teachers are a product of billionaire Reed Hastings’ (Netflix co-founder) non-profit Teacher College

By Kenny Snell, California Globe,  3/15/25  https://californiaglobe.com/fr/desert-sands-unified-to-approve-agreement-for-bargain-basement-deib-teachers/

Desert Sands Unified School District is set to approve an agreement Tuesday night with Alder Graduate School of Education that could trigger a Department of Education complaint and put millions of dollars of federal funds at risk.

According to the Agenda Item 20.2 under General Functions-Personnel Services for the Desert Sands Unified School District (DSUSD) March 18, 2025, board meeting, the DSUSD would (if approved) enter an agreement obligating the district to recruit, provide “residencies” (student teachers) for, and hire student teachers from Alder Graduate School of Education through June of 2027.

More specifically, according to the agenda item description, the agreement:

“…sets forth the terms and conditions for how Alder GSE will recruit and enroll teaching candidates (the “Residents”) to participate in a teacher residency program that will provide multiple subject, single subject, and/or educational specialist teaching credentials from Alder GSE; support in completing requirements for bilingual authorization; and either a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Teaching or a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Special Education from Alder GSE; as well as a year-long apprenticeship with a mentor teacher.”  

While the proposed contract is attached to the district’s agenda item, none of the “Exhibits” mentioned in the contract are made available for public inspection. The “Exhibits” (A through G and A-1) describe the financial contributions, “partner rules,” the DSUSD commitment to hiring residents, among other bits of pertinent information that the public has a right to know about. Most importantly, is the missing “Exhibit B” which describes “The Program,” or the coursework that Alder students take.

Thus, a closer look at Alder Graduate School of Education is needed. A vetting that we must assume was undertaken by Desert Sands USD Superintendent Kelly May-Vollmar, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Services, Joseph Hyde, Ed.D., and Assistant Superintendent Business Services, Jordan Aquino. Hyde submitted the agreement, May-Vollmar recommends approving the agreement, and Aquino must sign the agreement.

After all, May-Vollmar, Hyde, and Aquino make more than $750,000 combined in base pay and more than $1 million in total pay and benefits, according to Transparent California. Is it too much to expect the Three Supes to do their due diligence, especially when millions of federal funds are on the line?

Apparently, it is too much to expect, proving the saying about assuming right once again. For either there was a dismal lack of vetting of Alder GSE, or the Three Supes are in alignment with Alder GSE’s mission and principles. Either scenario is problematic.

So, once again, it falls to us, the DOE DEI Tipline Writing public, to undertake the job that DSUSD refuses to do—or does and hides.

Alder Graduate School of Education – “The Program”

While the crucial information of the coursework that Alder Graduate School of Education students are required to take was withheld by DSUSD, we can glean some insight by visiting Alder Graduate School of Education’s website.

Amazingly, Alder Graduate School of Education advertises that students can complete a Master in Education (34 units of coursework) AND a teaching credential, a 2-4 year process for most, in just one year! 

Even more amazing is how those grad-students can complete such accelerated coursework when considering Alder Graduate School of Education’s commitment to DEIB-Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Gotta love how [they] keep adding words and definitions to their Marxist slogans. Also, gotta wonder if the DSUSD intentionally left the coursework off the agenda.

According to Alder Graduate School of Education’s “Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging,” Alder GSE believes that “…actively promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEIB) is key to our success as a graduate school of education.”  

To support that belief, Alder Graduate School of Education ensures to “[I]ntegrate a robust DEIB framework throughout our teaching, learning and student programs.” 

The rest of the statement includes the boilerplate phrases of diversity and free from bias and harassment—unless you are a white heterosexual Christian, or a Trump supporter.

Alder Graduate School of Education’s statement on DEIB alone violates Trump’s Executive Orders and guidance from the DOE which would be enough to trigger a complaint with the DOE should the agreement be approved. And, lest we forget, gender ideology is integral to DEIB, as illustrated by this Worcester Polytechnic Institute library guide.