Walter Myers III

Walter is a Principal Engineering Manager leading a team of engineers in the Microsoft FastTrack for Azure (FTA) organization, working with customers to drive their digital transformation and success in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. He holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Biola University's Talbot School of Theology, where he is an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Arts in Science & Religion (MASR) program teaching on Darwin, evolution, and design. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the California Policy Center (CPC), an educational non-profit focused on policies to improve California's democracy and economy. He is a former board member of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, where he served as Programs Chair from 2015-2018, fighting to reduce the power and scope of government, advocating for free markets, lower taxes, and more freedom for all. He is a regular contributor to the Discovery Institute Evolution News and Views website writing on parallels in the design of computer systems and biological organisms. Walter lives in sunny Southern California where he enjoys road biking and landscape/night photography when time permits.

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What do Critical Race Theorists Think of the Current State of K-12 Education?

_{Walter Myers III
April 27, 2022}

What critical race theorist Derrick Bell saw as the primary barrier to equal education, which will be surprising to many, is teacher unions and others who have vested interests in maintaining the status quo of public education. Bell was a proponent of charter schools, tuition voucher programs, and independent schools.

In Education, Will the Real Critical Race Theory Please Stand Up?

_{Walter Myers III
March 25, 2022}

Ironically, those pushing for the “teaching” of CRT in K-12 education, which is hardly a viable educational subject, are among those whom critical race theorists argue are largely responsible for the lack of educational equity and attainment in urban public school systems today.

In Education, Will the Real Critical Race Theory Please Stand Up?

_{Walter Myers III
March 25, 2022}

Electric Vehicles: Not a Panacea for the Gas Crunch

_{Walter Myers III
March 9, 2022}

Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and current Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently argued that electric vehicles were an affordable solution to the now record gas prices. But he didn’t specifically say how. It turns out that if one considers the real costs and practicalities of owning and operating an electric vehicle, his statement is false.

Affirmative Action is a Symptom of Our Failing K-12 Education System

_{Walter Myers III
February 10, 2022}

However well-meaning, affirmative action is not the answer. It fails to address the root causes of educational performance disparities, creates an atmosphere of unequal opportunity and protection, and can even have negative effects on the very students who are meant to reap its benefits. We should instead come together and focus our efforts on reforming and redesigning K-12 education.

Affirmative Action is a Symptom of Our Failing K-12 Education System

_{Walter Myers III
February 10, 2022}

Once again, the Supreme Court is set to review race-conscious admissions policies, this time those of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Though I don’t favor affirmative action policies, I would argue that both proponents and critics of affirmative action overlook a far more important issue: the failure of America’s K-12 education system, which creates the wide educational disparities affirmative action is intended to remedy in the first place.

Walter Myers COSM 2021 Interview

_{Walter Myers III
February 10, 2022}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards interviews Walter Myers, Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, about the COSM 2021 panel discussion, Is It the End for Silicon Valley?

Affirmative Action is a Symptom of Our Failing K-12 Education System

_{Walter Myers III
February 10, 2022}

Is It the End for Silicon Valley?

_{Walter Myers III
February 9, 2022}

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new era of hybrid work, and allowed many workers to operate remotely. What does this mean for major tech centers like Silicon Valley and Seattle? And what are the advantages for competitors like Austin and Miami? Babak Parvix (Vice President, Amazon Inc.) moderates a discussion between Mayor Lynne Robinson (City of Bellevue), Walter Read More ›

Critical Race Theory: Intriguing, But Wrong for K-12 Education

_{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022}

Critical Race Theory (CRT), a relatively young legal theory that has been circulating in legal academic circles since the 1980s, suddenly burst on the scene of public consciousness in the past year. It continues to be a topic of controversy due to its being advocated for inclusion in K-12 instruction.

Critical Race Theory: Intriguing, But Wrong for K-12 Education

_{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022}

CRT is a movement of admitted far-left scholars who wish to challenge power structures represented in the American legal culture and society with respect to “the rule of law” and “equal protection.” Their belief is that whereas our laws are ostensibly “neutral” and “objective,” they are neither — and never could have been objective in the first place because of the racial dynamic that has been exercised legally and ideologically over the course of American history.

Critical Race Theory: Intriguing, But Wrong for K-12 Education

_{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022}

Is the Human Neck a “Mistake of Evolution”?

_{Walter Myers III
October 20, 2021}

Darwin asserted the “absurdity” of evolution designing a shared opening to the esophagus and trachea (windpipe).

The Rise in Black Unemployment Is about More Than Race

_{Walter Myers III
September 16, 2021}

AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs argued that the primary cause for disappointing black employment numbers is discrimination. While there may be some correlation, the primary factor inhibiting black economic attainment is the failure of urban public schools to adequately prepare students for post-secondary education.

The Rise in Black Unemployment Is about More Than Race

_{Bridging the economic gap between black and white workers starts with bridging the achievement gap in K–12 education.}_{Walter Myers III
September 16, 2021}

Hierarchical Systems in Biology — DNA Packaging

_{Walter Myers III
September 2, 2021}

It is hard to fathom that such a highly complex, hierarchical mechanism of information storage on a microscopic scale could come about purely by chance.

Orange County Seeks to Slip Critical Race Theory into Ethnic Studies Curriculum

_{Walter Myers III
September 2, 2021}

My greatest worry is a California public school system that promotes a divisive ideology discouraging black and brown children from aiming high, and further fails to educate them to give them a fighting chance to be successful regardless of the obstacles they may face in life.