Youngkin sets up tip line to report schools teaching CRT
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has set up a special tip line for parents to report schools that are teaching their kids "divisive" critical race theory.
The Republican touted a special new "Help Education" email address late Monday that he said will help enforce his first executive directive in office banning the controversial teaching method.
The tip line is "for parents to send us any instances where they feel their fundamental rights are being violated, where their children are not being respected [and] where there are inherently divisive practices in their schools," Youngkin told radio host John Fredericks.
"We're asking for input from parents to make sure we can go right to the source," he said.
He noted reports that a Fairfax County high school's lesson plan included playing "Privilege Bingo," where children who are white, Christian, male or from military families are all deemed "privileged."
"All you can do is shake your head and say, 'This is exactly why I signed that executive order,'" Youngkin said.
So "we're asking folks to send us reports and observations that will help us be aware of things like privilege bingo," he said.
Gov. Youngkin placed a special emphasis on fighting for parents' rights during the gubernatorial race.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
"We're going to make sure we catalog it all … and that gives us further ability in rooting it out," he said during Monday's interview.
He insisted that Virginia schools will "continue to teach all history, the good and the bad."
But he said critical race theory was dividing groups into victims and those being blamed "for the sins of the past."
"These are teaching practices that exist in our schools, and we are going to get them out," he promised.
The new governor also noted his ongoing battle with some school districts after his ruling that parents can decide if their kids wear masks to classes.
School districts "aren't recognizing the rights of parents today," Youngkin told Fredericks.
"And oh, by the way, they haven't been recognizing the rights of parents all along," he said, saying they had "consistently prioritized bureaucrats and politicians over the rights of parents," he said.
"There is no one better positioned to look after the health and well-being of [a] child than their parents.
"I am not going to stop fighting for the rights of parents to make these decisions for their kids," he insisted.
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It has already been a vintage year for Republican Governors.
Glenn Youngkin is doing what he promised.
I have asked this question a number of times with zero responsive answers. There are more black children in public schools in America than white children. Black parents want to know why white parents are listened to as to the curriculum , but black parents are not. Why is that again?
John wrote: There are more black children in public schools in America than white children.
Do you want your whopper of a fake fact with cheese? Can you support this tidbit of misinformation?
Your question raises more questions rather than generating an answer.
Black parents want to know why white parents are listened to as to the curriculum , but black parents are not.
Show us where black parents are asking for CRT to be taught?
Show us where white parents are being listened to? In northern Virginia, school boards are defying the EO of the new Governor as well as the wishes of parents.
Show us?
The information you seek has been available for a long time, John. All anyone needs to do is look for it.
Here's a start for you:
In addition, you can research the many interviews and writings of Candace Owens, Dr. Alveda King, Asra Nomani, Dr. Carol Swain among many other non-white people about this topic.
In closing ...
I want to know what black parents he is referring to or if he is just making shit up to make a fictitious point. Note the lack of articles/facts to back up the "black parents want to know" bullshit narrative. Wonder if he can find any.
Well, I provided him with facts proving that black parents as well as parents, grandparents, and those who no longer have school age children of all races are now very well aware of what's been happening in our K-post secondary schools.
The one positive thing that the Covid-19 pandemic gave us is forced Zoom classes. Those who didn't pay attention before the pandemic have now paid attention to their children's online lessons and now know that our public and private schools have been teaching Critical Theory in its many forms for a long time.
Fair question. It has always been my understanding that any parent can request to meet with a school administrator or speak in front of the school board to voice their opinion if they follow the protocol to do so.
False statement,
Can you prove that claim?
Virginia is wasting no time in their efforts to speed up the dumbing down of their youth.
Teaching the tenents of CRT, instead of STEM courses, is what's dumb. America's parents are getting fed up with the leftist propaganda and lies.
Bingo. That's all we need is more liberal arts graduates that don't know shit from shinola.
Every minute that gets wasted on idiotic political pandering within the public education community is a minute starved from an education that will keep us competitive with the rest of the world. Virginia is wholly consumed with this farce.
You just made my point...our young people shouldn't be taught false history
What they want to teach them is that whites are born racist and blacks are victims, who can't make it without help. I think all parents are against it.
Prove it.
You prove your premise first
Funny how you prove my point while you simultaneously claim I’m proving your point. China is years ahead of us in STEM because they aren’t allowing stupid political ideological arguments to steal time away from the education of their next generation. Right wing snowflakes are hell bent on pretending that our public schools are nothing but indoctrination centers that must be investigated.
funneling all education cash to thumper madrasas is the end goal.
Public schools in the US are doing a piss poor job, wasting time on worthless social studies instead of focusing on the basics
The same assholes up in arms about CRT are the ones who have a conniption when their kids are taught to do math a different way than they were. It’s not about social studies, it’s about armchair quarterbacking public education by bored moron parent who are so self-important that they think their opinions are the only ones that matter.
funny how most of the people complaining the loudest about CRT are the same people that wouldn't make it past 8th grade.
Like football...
They're protesting something that isn't being taught. CRT is not being taught in schools. Period. End of sentence.
Enough parents opinions mattered enough to reject McCauliffe's snarky opinion of them.
See the links at 4.1.2 If not already they sure as hell are trying.........but, YES they are using it now
So they decided to steer the vehicle towards the cliff out of spite. How honorable.
It seems anything they don't like they throw under the crt umbrella.
Oh, you and your crazy little conspiracy theories!!!
As amusing as ever.
Same thing can be said more accurately about 2016 Trump vs Clinton.
Many Republicans probably think the same thing of Biden.
You mean that the conservative push (ie Betsy DeVos) to channel public education funds to private(charter) schools has all been in our imaginations?
well F*&k me, who knew...
But untrue, of course, as has been proven to you more than once.
We all know what rich bitch DeVos was up to - to destroy public schools/education as we know them.
Looks like the gop/gqp/republicans/alleged conservatives are doing their best to do the same
I have no earthly idea what you imagine.
I prefer to deal with facts while ya'll "imagine" all sorts of crazy shit.
No thank you.
Hal - they have to. They're sitting right next door to DC, most of the northern state are gvnmt employees, so where else is DC going to get "qualified" employees who don't know shyte?
Trust me - I won’t argue about the overall intelligence of government. When I moved to MD from OH, I thought I was going to have to seriously up my game to jump into this job market that is thriving because of its proximity to the capital. What I found is that designing infrastructure here is ten times more complicated only because of there is a tenfold increase in government bureaucracy, and that it lacks any semblance of the common sense or pragmatism that I was used to from outside of the DMV.
I was stationed at CG HQ in DC and lived in Glen Burnie, MD. Due to the number of CG units within the DC realm, I had to deal with the VA and MD folks who worked in DC and was literally stunned at the total lack of common sense most, if any, of them had.
Ridiculous, unproven claim.
Lol. What is if with you and “proof”? Dumbing down is a colloquial term.
What part didn't you get?
"Dumbing down" is a poor choice of words then.
I will amend my comment a little. There are not more black students than white in the nations public schools, but there are more non white students than white.
So I will ask the question again, why are schools listening to what the white parents want to the exclusion of what the black parents want?
Ya did it again. Don't you mean "non White" parents?
You dont appear to have an answer to the question.
How many non white parents do you see at those meetings that are publicized? I know plenty of people of color, some of them teachers, thinking this whole CRT dissecting of history is bullshit and have gone to the local board meetings. They (employees) had to watch a video that the school system paid $25,000 for 45 minutes of crap.
They don't have the time to teach important shit for life going forward now let alone anything else. Shit we don't, or not many, even teach cursive writing anymore.
You have now gotten 4 or 5 responses to your question, not a single one addressed the question. It's like they all got the same corporate email on how to deflect from uncomfortable questions...
You have to ask why they bother spending the time replying when they have no intent of actually addressing your question.
It's based on a false premise, one that John can't prove.
It's kind of like somebody asking what should be done to prevent another rigged election? One has to prove it was rigged before one can ask such a question, right?
Get it?
Nope. Why did you bother taking the time to respond if you were not going to address the question? Simple knee jerk reaction???
You need to prove your premise before asking that question.
Again John:
What are, now, you say "non-white" parents asking to be taught?
Where are school boards listening to white parents?
Everywhere they are inhibiting the accurate and complete teaching of American history.
There are now state laws that require that children be taught that America was founded on equality for all. That is not an accurate explanation of the founding, which did not recognize the equality of women or non whites.
That's not true. You made a claim. Prove it. Where are school boards listening to "white" parents? SHOW US!
There are now state laws that require that children be taught that America was founded on equality for all. That is not an accurate explanation of the founding, which did not recognize the equality of women or non whites.
You've had decades of "A People's History of the United States" (history as viewed through the lens of "victims") being used as one of the main textbooks in schools. Now we have learned that CRT is being taught in schools. We aren't going to let you get away with it anymore.
Again: I want to see some proof of your claims.
How is all this "history" relevant to the problems of today?
You're statement is a bit confusing. You are correct, there are laws in place at both the state and federal level that provides equality of opportunity to those who were denied it before. Many of these come with the Civil Rights movements. Everybody acknowledged that there was a problem and corrected it.
Now the other part that needs clarification. Which "equality" are you referring to? The equality of opportunities ? Or the equality of outcome? One already exists and the other is a misconception.
Whitewashing history - as usual.
He who forgets the past is destined to relieve it.
Bingo.....................
There are school board recalls and lawsuits all over the country.
In California, the Board of Education has approved the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum to teach public high school students about the oppression of people of color.
The Oregon Department of Education is training its K-12 teachers in “math equity” to combat “the toxic characteristics of white supremacy culture with respect to math.”
An elementary school in Philadelphia “ forced fifth-grade students to celebrate ‘black communism’ and simulate a Black Power rally in honor of political radical Angela Davis.”
Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky, are hosting anti-bias and pro-equity teacher trainings to “eliminate curricular violence” in mathematics education.
Last fall, one Virginia school district spent $24,000 on Ibram Kendi books pushed as “required reading” for U.S. history classes.
A high school in Minnesota now begins all of its staff meetings with a commitment to dismantling “processes that benefit whiteness.”
In September, a high school in Washington canceled a 9/11 tribute because it could be seen as “racially insensitive.”
As of July 2020, a reported 4,500 schools across the nation have embedded the controversial New York Times 1619 Project curriculum into their classrooms.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yes-crt-is-taught-in-k-12-schools-heres-how/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20CRT%20is%20taught%20in%20K-12%20schools.%20Here%E2%80%99s,CRT%20permeates%2C%20informs%20and%20influences%20curricula%20and%20pedagogy
www.wsj.com /articles/unions-states-and-parents-fight-over-new-laws-on-history-lessons-books-11640268001
Unions, States and Parents Fight Over New Laws on History Lessons, Books; Teachers fret as hundreds of books are pulled from school libraries; union pledges to challenge every new law
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Jennifer Given sought out legal advice this fall before teaching world history to 10th-graders in New Hampshire to avoid running afoul of a new state law that restricts what she can teach. Violating the law could end her teaching career.
Ms. Given said she worries that materials for lessons about the trans-Atlantic slave trade, or Christopher Columbus and his role in Native American deaths, could violate the law if someone believes that she is saying one group is superior to another. This month, when a student said laws in ancient China reminded him of the U.S. today, she ended the discussion.
"I couldn't risk having that conversation," said Ms. Given, who has taught history for 19 years. "In the absence of clear legal boundaries, I'm not 100% sure when I am or am not on the verge of breaking that law ."
New Hampshire's state law , passed in June, bans teaching that one group of people is inherently superior or inferior to another. A violation could lead a teacher to be stripped of his or her teaching license.
New Hampshire is among at least 12 states , including Texas, Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma, that have recently passed laws or issued rules that define how schools and colleges can teach subjects related to discrimination, race and gender.
At the same time, school districts from Texas to Vermont are pulling hundreds of books from library shelves, following directives from state elected officials or challenges from parents that the books , which often focus on race and gender themes, are inappropriate for students.
This week, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, released a draft of a bill that would ban teaching that anyone is inferior or superior based on race, gender or other qualities, or that a person is "inherently responsible" for past actions committed by a member of the same group.
"Americans believe 'all men are created equal,' and we also believe the American dream is available to all regardless of race, color, or national origin," Gov. Noem said. She added that children shouldn't be taught "the false and divisive message that they are responsible for the shortcomings of past generations and other members of our respective races."
The measures are setting up fights among teachers, unions , parents and school districts.
This week, the National Education Association's New Hampshire affiliate, which represents 17,000 teachers and school staff in the state , sued state officials, arguing that the vagueness of the law violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. The American Federation of Teachers had filed suit against the state the prior week.
Becky Pringle, president of the NEA, said in an interview that the union is evaluating every similar state law and plans to challenge them.
"They are entirely politically motivated," she said.
A spokeswoman for the New Hampshire Department of Education declined to comment on the lawsuit. Ahni Malachi, executive director of the state commission on human rights, said she couldn't provide information about any complaints that may have been filed ahead of public notice of a hearing.
In Oklahoma, a Black student group, an association of college professors and others sued the state in November to block a state law that they said has resulted in school districts taking books by Black and women authors from reading lists.
It couldn't be determined if any teachers have lost their jobs as a result of the new laws . In Tennessee, a teacher was fired this year after administrators said lessons about white privilege didn't include multiple points of view and violated the state 's teacher code of ethics.
And in Texas, a new state law says teachers can't be compelled to teach "widely debated and currently controversial issues," and if they do they must include differing perspectives. This month, a Texas school district pulled 400 books from library shelves to review them, after a Republican state lawmaker sent a letter inquiring about a list of more than 800 titles, many of which discuss race or gender. The move follows a record number of book challenges by parents and other groups this year, according to the American Library Association.
The laws that are coming under fire have been passed by Republican-led legislatures, with proponents saying they are needed to stop the encroachment of critical race theory in the nation's classrooms. They say that some liberal teachers are teaching students that the color of their skin determines whether they are an oppressor or a victim, among other things. Only laws in Idaho and North Dakota mention critical race theory directly.
Critical race theory argues the legacy of white supremacy remains embedded in modern-day society through laws and institutions that were fundamental in shaping American society.
School administrators and teachers say that critical race theory isn't taught in K-12 schools.
Leslie Madsen, an associate professor of history at Boise State University, said last week that she will teach critical race theory, in defiance of a state law . She said it is important to use it this spring in her course, Women and Gender in the U.S. West, to give students a better understanding of how people with different identities have tackled challenges caused by racism and sexism.
Parents who support the New Hampshire law say it is necessary to curb what they describe as a movement in classrooms and in teacher training to encourage children to identify themselves primarily by their race or gender, as schools address discrimination through curriculums and diversity and inclusion policies.
"When I look at the law it's hard to argue with the validity of it," said Rachel Goldsmith, who founded a New Hampshire chapter of Moms for Liberty, a conservative group, this fall. "Teachers shouldn't be teaching that certain groups of kids are inherently racist or oppressive because of characteristics they're born with."
Teacher anxiety grew in the state when the local Moms for Liberty group issued a $500 reward last month via Twitter to anyone who successfully makes a complaint under the law .
Ms. Goldsmith said she didn't intend her post to be taken as a threat and that she isn't against teachers. "The incentive is to help people find problematic curriculum," she said.
Meghan Glynn, a Manchester-based attorney, said she logged 10,000 miles zigzagging across New Hampshire in July and August as she taught sessions on the new law for about 30 of the state 's school districts. Teachers asked whether they can continue to talk about concepts such as implicit bias and white privilege under the law , or continue to teach books such as "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Some asked whether offering original source material on subjects such as slavery could be viewed as advocating for a particular viewpoint, according to Ms. Glynn.
"Teachers and school districts are feeling like they're on display and open for attack in a way that they never have been before," she said.
Meanwhile, teachers unions in the state say they will oppose a recently introduced New Hampshire bill that would prohibit teachers from promoting a "negative account" of the founding and history of the United States or that it was founded on racism, among other things.
I still say shit like this is designed to diminish public schools.
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I don't see them restricting what can be taught.
That's an outright lie.
I copied this from Facebook.
Katie Lindberg Peters
The horror!
So, in your world, the problem is the wrong racial group is making decisions. It's not about substance, it's about which race has the power.
That's a strawman Sean.
Nah, that's what he said. He's concerned about what race objects, not substance of the objection.
Pfft.
Maybe this will help Virginia schools stop teaching identity politics and focus on teaching kids things like reading and writing.
Nothing says government overreach like telling the population to snitch on each other...
I hope the tip line gets drowned with false reposts.
I hope it gets flooded with reports on thumper school teachers that support trump republicans.
Well, you know the saying......wish in one hand.................
... texan in the other.
Oh, so you DON'T know the saying.
Here, let me help again:
Hope that helps, but it is JUST a little hard to believe you didn't already know that.
Although it is correct to say that the curriculums aren't "labeled" CRT, the tenets and principles of CRT are being taught. How?
Math, Science, History, and Language Arts are taught through the lens of race and "social justice" , i.e., judging each other as oppressors/victims rather than through academically sound facts. This leads to racial divisiveness, causing students to view themselves and each other as either superior or inferior to each other. Examples for schools and the work place (there are many more, including our military):
In addition - What many people don't realize is that it's not just CRT as described above that parents of all races object to. What's also taught in K-12 is Critical Transgender Theory and Critical Queer Theory. Once again, the curriculums don't have those specific titles, but the concept is reported throughout the USA. One example:
There's another good article to read, but I cannot link it, because MBFC rates the site too far right. The July 31, 2021 article describes how a middle school teacher named Amanda Cherry teaches her middle school Language Arts students at Southern Hills Middle School in Boulder, Colorado incorporates Queer Theory into her students' lives through literature. She explains the title of her course and the methods of what and how she teaches it.
All of your sources are bogus
The one is some Christian thing that says its mission is to renew America to a nation under God...
Their mission statement...
Hello, Trout Giggles. Long time no see. Perhaps you'd like to detail exactly how all of my sources are "bogus". Factual sources that prove your opinion would be nice.
Oh joy. Another Christian Domionist organization
Oh, c'mon. Defend our kids? America Renewing? Those don't sound biased at all
And the NY Post? We all know that rag isn't even good enough for my litter box. And MSN? You go from one extreme side to another.
The defend our kids thing, what can I say. They won't even say who runs the thing. Seems to be only some new thing 'to combat CRT'...
They want people to join and give their name, state, zipcode and email...
that will come in handy, to the russian hackers...
Then the Washington Examiner...
Another rag not fit for my litter box
"All of your sources are bogus"
What a surprise!
Other than trying to ridicule my sources, your comment shows that you are unable to answer my comment 7.1.2 ...
It was nice seeing you today. Ciao.
They've been disproved. Let it go.
It's their whole m.o., to avoid substance at all costs.
Please take note that none of the gang who've posted ridiculing comments has been willing or able to support their comments with facts.
We always provide facts. We're waiting on you to do the same.
Thus far, I've seen few, if any, facts relevant to this seed posted either by you or whomever you consider "We", but I look forward to seeing some.
Exactly.
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And how does any of that make it a fake source??
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No, they have not.
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That’s for darn sure.
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MBFC is a website. Of course it's not fit for your litter boxes, lol.
What facts? I showed your sources are from crackpot places with an agenda.
Flushing it down the toilet would be totally appropriate though.
Crackpot according to who exactly? Just because you think it that doesn’t mean that others do. Their views are as valid as yours are.
We all know your desire for dominionism.
It doesn’t at all.
Inquiring minds truly want to know!
You are exactly right! Well said.
The truth which is well known here is that I am unalterably opposed to dominionism no matter which religion is pushing it. That some equate any expression at all of religious ideas or values in any form of any level of government to be dominionist is not my/our issue.
clearly it does not do that at all. Evangelical Christian originating points of view on this or any other issue are just as real and legitimate as any secular source is.
Yes, they have. Let it go.
You cant just make up curriculum.
Jasper just did. Oh....stop making the topic about Jasper!
And I did NOT say that any Critical Theory was IN the curriculums. Read comment 7 more carefully, starting with my first sentence.
Why should I answer your question when you never answered mine?
"Ciao".....in my best mealy mouthed voice
I searched, but I cannot find a question you directly asked me about the topic. Please specify, and if I can I'll be glad to give an answer or direct you to someone who can answer it for you.
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Getting CRT into the education of our children by any means or subterfuge needed is a goal of the bi coastal secular progressive elites
I agree wholeheartedly with your statement.
I concur…
The bottom line here.
Like I said....bogus
Left wing MBFC thinks so, so I don't buck TPTB. That's why I gave hints.
Anyone who takes a moment to use those hints can easily find the article and learn that it is a 2021 interview with Amanda Cherry that directly cites her statements and intentions.
You're afraid of TPTB??????
Please specify exactly where I said that. Too funny! Experienced members know that we must use MBFC as the only fact-checker source.
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Absolutely not in the slightest degree….
Any kind of workaround that is needed is good. Well done and well said.
Any 'tips' yet on any 'guilty' schools?
I do believe the answer will be forthcoming from Helsinki soon!