Amid staffing shortage in schools across Oregon, Portland’s teachers’ union is seeking to turn one of the five school days into an “asynchronous instructional day,” in which high school students would stay at home and do school work while receiving limited online instructions. Citing an “unprecedented staffing crisis,” the Portland Association of Teachers on Monday…
Portland Teachers’ Union Proposes Self-Taught Fridays to Reduce Teacher Burnout
Georgia School Boards Association Withdraws From National Group Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter
The Georgia School Board Association (GSBA) has joined a growing list of state chapters severing ties from the National School Board Association (NSBA) after the national group called for federal intervention in parental protests. In a widely criticized Sept. 29 letter to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings as “a…
Tackling Critical Race Theory: What It Is and Where It Is Being Banned
The presence of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 education has become a prominent issue in some of the nation’s recent high-profile elections. In Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Glenn Youngkin, a Republican running on an anti-CRT platform, defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who insisted that CRT isn’t being taught in Virginia’s K-12 classrooms and stated…
Salvation Army Removes Document It Says Was Misinterpreted as CRT
December 1, 2021
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The Salvation Army has removed a document it says was misinterpreted to fit allegations that the organization had subscribed to critical race theory (CRT). CRT is a quasi-Marxist philosophy that defines society as a class struggle between the oppressors and the oppressed, specifically labeling white people as the oppressors and all other races as the…
Detroit Superintendent Opposes Anti-CRT Bill: ‘Our Curriculum Is Deeply Using CRT’
December 1, 2021
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Critical Race Theory (CRT) is “very intentionally” embedded in curriculum used throughout Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), according to Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who has urged the district’s school board to oppose an anti-CRT measure in the Michigan legislature. The comments about CRT being incorporated into Detroit classrooms were made at a Nov. 9 school…
Loudoun County Moms Set Out to Protect Their Children, Now They’re Trying to Save America
November 30, 2021
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—In December 2020, Shawntel Cooper, a mother of two in northern Virginia, noticed something new in her fourth-grade daughter’s morning class routine. Cooper had just switched roles in her company and was able to work from home, and her daughter, like most of America’s schoolchildren, was remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic….
Stanford Offers Mental Health Counseling Over Cords Found on Campus That ‘May Represent Nooses’
Administrators at California’s Stanford University said they are investigating “two cords with loops that may represent nooses” found hanging on campus, and encouraged those disturbed by the discovery to seek mental health counseling. The items in question were found in a tree along a walking trail on early Monday morning, reported student newspaper The Standford…
Kyle Rittenhouse Written Off As Student at ASU Amid Controversy
November 30, 2021
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Leftist students at Arizona State University in Tempe will stage a rally and protest on Dec. 1 demanding that acquitted “blood-thirsty murderer” Kyle Rittenhouse be driven off campus. There’s just one problem: Rittenhouse is “not currently enrolled” in any program at the university, ASU said in a Nov. 29 statement. “Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone…
ASU Student Groups Protest Against Rittenhouse Even After He Is No Longer Enrolled
A coalition of progressive student activist groups at Arizona Student University said they are moving ahead with plans to protest against Kyle Rittenhouse taking classes on campus, even after the university said he is no longer a student. Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who was recently cleared of all charges against him after shooting and killing two…
GOP Senators Demand Garland Explain DOJ Memo That Treated Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
A coalition of GOP senators are asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to return to the Senate Judiciary Committee to clarify an Oct. 4 memo that the senators say treated “parents at school boards as domestic terrorists.” The Nov. 29 letter, addressed to Garland, was spearheaded by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and is co-signed by Sens….
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