CRT Controversy. Does it really matter what we teach in high school?!

Dutch Uncle said:
If you were more than an insane old man you'd be able to explain what, exactly, is being taught in K-12 that you consider to be "CRT".

If you can't, don't worry about it. You've earned your rest, gramps.
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For the dumb, dishonest and stupid:

In reference to Florida leadership that has opposed Critical Race Theory, Weingarten affirmed that the union will be defending any teachers that proceed to move forward with teaching Critical Race Theory.

“Mark my words: Our union will defend any member who gets in trouble for teaching honest history,” she expressed, adding that “teaching the truth is not radical or wrong.” Instead, Weingarten feels that “distorting history and threatening educators for teaching the truth is what is truly radical and wrong.”

The Broward County School Board has included Critical Race Theory resources on its website, sharing that it is “in the courage of our young people to seek truth and justice in our country and take on our most pressing duties such as reforming our criminal justice system and changing the mindsets of bias, racism, and oppression.” The site concludes that “change is never easy, but always necessary.”

The embattled school board, which is currently embroiled in controversy after Superintendant Robert Runcie was arrested for allegedly lying to a grand jury, is openly pushing the CRT to students and as we mentioned, has dedicated space on its website so that students can access resources relating to CRT.

Throughout election night, as it became clear Republican Glenn Youngkin would win the Virginia governor’s race, numerous left-leaning media commentators insisted that critical race theory isn’t being taught in Virginia public schools.

Various media personalities—some professing to be on the news side, others on the opinion side—repeated the assertion both before and after the election results came in.

But a simple Google search would have shown these pundits that public documents from the Virginia Department of Education repeatedly mention the phrase “critical race theory,” as well as produced news stories about teacher training by consulting firms associated with critical race theory.

Christopher Rufo, a contributor to City Journal and Fox News, is among those who have reported on the documents, as well as on Virginia counties implementing critical race theory into their curricula.

Critical race theory holds that race is the prism through which all aspects of American life should be analyzed, categorizing individuals into groups of either oppressors or victims of oppression.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday night: “I think the real ominous thing is that critical race theory, which isn’t real, turned the suburbs 15 points to the Trump insurrection-endorsed Republican.”


From Youngkin’s election night headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia, CNN national politics reporter Eva McKend said: “This issue of critical race theory, even though it is not being taught in Virginia public schools, became so core in this race.”


MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin tweeted three days before the election: “Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin is calling to expunge the teaching of Critical Race Theory from Virginia’s schools—but the theory isn’t mentioned in the state’s learning standards and even Loudoun County has said it doesn’t teach CRT.”


NewsBusters, a blog published by the conservative watchdog Media Research Center, assembled a montage of media claims about critical race theory and Virginia.


Numerous MSNBC panelists and hosts made comments along the lines of “Critical race theory is not taught in Virginia schools.” One reporter with the cable network said that “critical race theory is not taught in Virginia K-12 schools.” An anchor said, “Critical race theory, as we know, is not taught in Virginia schools.” Yet another MSNBC reporter said, “There is no evidence it has been taught in public schools.”

While appearing on MSNBC, Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia who is a media favorite, said: “This is a postfactual error. It doesn’t matter that it isn’t taught in Virginia schools.”

Elsewhere, a CBS News reporter said, “The curriculum is not taught in Virginia schools.”

A CNN anchor, speaking of Youngkin, referred to “what he calls critical race theory, even though it is not taught in Virginia schools.” A CNN reporter said: “A lot of them believe critical race theory is being taught in the classrooms. … It’s really not on the curriculum in Virginia.”

During his race against Youngkin for Virginia governor, Democrat nominee Terry McAuliffe also repeatedly said that critical race theory is not in the state’s public schools.

The Facts
In a Twitter thread, Rufo, a writer for City Journal who is active in exposing critical race theory, posted images of Virginia Department of Education documents from 2015 and 2019 promoting critical race theory for use in public schools.


Fox News reported and linked to the publicly available documents on the Virginia Department of Education’s official website.

A presentation by the department on Sept. 22, 2015, when McAuliffe was governor, is titled “Legal Implications of School Discipline” and mentions critical race theory three times on pages 22 and 27.

The presentation specifies: “Incorporate Critical Race Theory (CRT) Lens.” It later lists five “Culturally-Responsive Teaching and Learning Principles,” the first of which is “Embrace Critical Race Theory” and adds, “Engage in race-conscious teaching and learning.”

On Feb. 22, 2019, a memo from James F. Lane, Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction, promoted critical race theory in detail. The memo’s subject line was “Resources to Support Student and Community Dialogues on Racism.”

“I have received several inquiries and requests for the latest literature that examines the issues associated with racial inequities in education,” Lane wrote in the memo issued under the administration of Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat. “Below are several pieces that I and other members of the VDOE staff are reading this month based on recommendations that we have received.”

Lane’s list included “Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education,” a 2016 book edited by Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, and Gloria Ladson-Billings.

“The emergence of Critical Race Theory (CRT) marked an important point in the history of racial politics in the legal academy and the broader conversation about race and racism in the United States,” the description of the book in Lane’s memo reads.

“More recently, CRT has proven an important analytic tool in the field of education, offering critical perspectives on race, and the causes, consequences and manifestations of race, racism, inequity, and the dynamics of power and privilege in schooling.”

https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/11...tical-race-theory-taught-in-virginia-schools/
 
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