atthew R. Kay is a teacher at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy. He also does teacher training and advocacy around "antiracism." (I put it in quotes, because the term has specific ideological meaning.) In a 2019 interview, he said:
To teachers who "see" race and feel no need or desire to bring it into their lessons, I earnestly ask, "Why don't you?" There are a few viable reasons why one would not wish to insert race into any particular classroom conversation.
You have to not only be willing to bring race into almost any classroom discussion, but you also have to agree with his particular woke interpretation of how to discuss race. And if you don't? Kay recently wrote that "sometimes, you've just gotta step over them" - this, referring to those who disagree with his opinions about race and racism. He doesn't want to change his opponent's minds, but plow right over them. Such is the Social Justice Warrior mindset. There can be no good-faith opposition to their views.
Kay writes about "the intractability of individual colleagues' racism" - which, if true, would be awful. But everything in his column leads one to suspect that all you have to do to prove yourself an intractable racist is to disagree with Matthew Kay. The point here is that Kay does not believe that dissenters deserve respect.
Over the weekend, he tweeted the following:
He made his Twitter account private after those tweets blew up. They ought to have blown up! Here is a public school teacher worried that parents will listen to what they are saying to students - and interfere with the teachers' efforts at "destabilizing a kids [sic] racism or homophobia or transphobia." That is, Matthew Kay doesn't want parents interfering with propagandizing their children.
Books with Racial Overtones Turn up in (Nashville) TN Curriculum for 2nd Graders
Grant Benson, the co-founder of the Breaking 911 blog, tells Todd Starnes on his nationally-syndicated radio show books being used by the Nashville school system are teaching kids "complete self-hate.
Benson opted for his 7-year-old daughter to stay home and do virtual learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. She's in the second grade. But what unfolded next is quite disturbing.
Parents were required to pick up supplies and books from the school ahead of the first day of online classes.
Benson was flipping through the material to see what his daughter would be reading this year.
He knew there might be some indoctrination in a liberal city, but he didn't think his daughter "would be spoon-fed" this kind of material so early.
NOTE: You can hear Grant's interview on WWTN's Brian Wilson show HERE , scroll down to "Do you know what your child is being taught in school" and click on that.
Rutherford County Schools Tell Parents Not to Monitor Their Child's Virtual Classrooms
Parents of students who attend Rutherford County Schools (RCS) must agree not to monitor their child's online classroom sessions.
Officials at all county schools are asking parents to sign forms agreeing not to watch these virtual classes.
The Tennessee Star received a copy of such a form this week.
"RCS strives to present these opportunities in a secure format that protects student privacy to the greatest extent possible, however because these meetings will occur virtually RCS is limited in its ability to fully control certain factors such as non-student observers that may be present in the home of a student participating in the virtual meeting," according to the form.
"RCS strongly discourages non student observation of online meetings due to the potential of confidential information about a student being revealed."
The form asks parents for their signature and warns that "violation of this agreement may result in RCS removing my child from the virtual meeting."
RCS spokesman James Evans addressed the matter in an email to The Star this week.
"We are aware of the concern that has been raised about this distance-learning letter that was sent to parents. The intent was not to prevent parents from being involved with their children during distance learning, but it was intended to protect the academic privacy of other students in the classroom who are visible during certain virtual class sessions," Evans said.
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This agenda-driven curriculum is NOT limited to the borders of California and New Jersey. It's spreading across the country!
Virginia: Fairfax County students are exposed to lessons about their right to an abortion and given steps to get an abortion without parental consent.
Wisconsin: Madison public schools have a new policy allowing a girl or boy -- of any age -- to "transition to a different gender identity at school," prohibiting teachers and staff from notifying parents and families.
Texas: Austin schools use a curriculum that discourages using words like "mom" and "dad" to avoid terms that refer to exclusively "male" or "female" identities.
North Carolina: Some schools use the "Welcoming Schools" curriculum created by the Human Rights Campaign, which introduces very young children to transgender talking points, encouraging them to question their biological sex.
And this sex propaganda is not just advocated in health class. The LGBT agenda is popping up on school calendars with events like schoolwide pride celebrations, assemblies, library activities, and LGBTQ history lessons.
This is not about education; it's about indoctrination.
Tennessee refuses to release information about COVID-19 cases in schools
The latest refusal to release the data comes after Gov. Bill Lee publicly said earlier this month he wanted to create a plan to do so
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Meghan Mangrum Nashville Tennessean August 18, 2020
Tennessee will not publicly report the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to schools despite Gov. Bill Lee's previous commitment to create such a plan, state officials said Tuesday.
"The real challenge is to provide as much information as possible to provide for transparency and to give information that is important to the public but continue to provide and adhere to privacy restrictions that FERPA and HIPPA require," Lee said during a news briefing Tuesday, citing federal health and education privacy laws. "And that's a balance."
Blessings
Bobbie Patray
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