Our focus MUST be on the next school board elections. THAT is where the ultimate decisions are made. We already know that:
The MFL presentation also included a timeline on the adoption of the Wit and Wisdom curriculum. It documented how the curriculum was failed twice by Tennessee Textbook Commission reviewers in 2019, but adopted anyways by the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE). After the first five reviewers failed the Wit and Wisdom curriculum, TDOE reportedly brought on new reviewers - who also failed the curriculum. At that point, TDOE overruled that second review and declared that the curriculum was approved. HERE .
I think that Schwinn wants to keep her job, but as President Reagan said: Trust but verify. This simply cannot be left to Schwinn and the Dept. of Ed. This could have been STOPPED at the local school board level!! Folks, we need to identify NOW, those who will step up and run for this office. Our children CANNOT WAIT.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn is committed to enforcing a new state law restricting how schools teach students about racism, the state schools chief said in a recent letter to an influential lawmaker.
But Schwinn also stressed that ultimately local school districts decide what curriculum, textbooks and other materials schools use in the classrooms.
Schwinn's letter to Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, comes amid a national debate over critical race theory and statewide discussion over the Wit & Wisdom curriculum used by more than 30 districts.
Critics argue that the curriculum is not age-appropriate and promotes concepts based on critical race theory, something a new state law banned the teaching of in K-12 public schools. Johnson weighed in on the argument last week just a day before a parent group filed an official complaint under the new law.
"Recent legislation tasked TDOE with building a framework to prevent propaganda like critical race theory from being taught in Tennessee classrooms. The department is in the process of building this framework," Schwinn said in the June 30 letter. "We acknowledge the challenges that exist in balancing the state's current process for curricula approval but are committed to enforcing the CRT law as the legislature designed it."
In the letter, Schwinn also addresses the state's curriculum approval process and how districts received permission to use Wit & Wisdom - which some parents claim "failed" to meet state standards.
The Tennessee Textbook Commission reviews and selects core instructional materials which are then approved by the State Board of Education.
When adopting a new curriculum, districts are allowed to apply for a waiver from the Tennessee Department of Education to use materials that are not on the state-approved list.
The state board only assesses "whether materials meet state academic standards and does not assess matters like bias or sensitivity," Schwinn explains in the letter
AND WHAT IS YOUR STUDENT READING THIS SUMMER??
Belmont Public Schools Send CRT Summer Reading List Home With Kindergarten Students Teaching Them Police Are Racist, White Privilege Is Their Fault
The Belmont Public Schools have gone all in on Critical Race Theory. The mother of a kindergarten student sent us the summer reading list for the BPS that was sent home with her child, which contains a preamble explaining that the books will teach kids about "anti-racist activism that we want to inspire in all our students."
A is for Activist
Muslim Girls Rise
Kid Activists
Our Skin
All the Colors We Are
Race Cars: A Children's Book About White Privilege
Let's Talk About Race
Let's be clear - they're not teaching your child to be an activist; they're teaching them to be a left wing activist. These books aren't telling kids to protest against illegal immigration, hatred of police, gun control, or abortion. They're specifically telling kids to protest on behalf of causes that the teacher's union agrees with.
Muslim Girls Rise has treats Ilhan Omar as a hero.
At least 25 public schools, districts pushing kids' book featuring 'Whiteness' contract with devil: report
The imaginary terms offer 'stolen land,' 'stolen riches,' and 'special favors.'
More than two dozen public schools and school districts are pushing what critics say is a toxic kids' book that features a "[W]hiteness" contract with a devilish figure.
A list published Thursday shows districts or individual schools in more than a dozen states promoting the book "Not My Idea" by Anastasia Higginbotham. Released by anti-critical race theory activist Chris Rufo, the reporting focused on public schools or districts. One was a Native American tribal school.
It's unclear how many private schools have recommended or utilized the book. Fox News previously reported on another Manhattan private school that recommended the book for kids over 8 years old.
Rufo also compiled a number of private schools, libraries, churches, and educational organizations that purportedly promoted the book in some way.
The controversial book, which has been the subject of a recent lawsuit, contains a scene where a demonic figure offers the main character a "contract binding you to WHITENESS."
Congressman wants Air Force prof yanked for teaching critical race theory
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., called for an Air Force Academy professor who defended teaching critical race theory to be removed from her position.Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool
A Republican congressman has called for an Air Force Academy professor who defended teaching critical race theory to be removed from her position, describing her comments as "utterly unacceptable and incompatible with the mission of our United States Military Service Academies."
"Disparaging the United States as a racist country should disqualify anyone from teaching at one of our country's most prestigious institutions," Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), a West Point graduate and retired US Army major, told Acting Air Force Secretary John Roth in a letter dated Wednesday.
"Our service academies prepare young men and women to fight for our country. How can we expect anyone to fight for a country they are taught is racist?"
Top US Defense Firms Adopt Racist Neo-Marxist Critical Race Theory (CRT) Indoctrination Programs
PENTAGON WATCH - It isn't only the Pentagon that is 'Going Woke,' America's major defense firms are also pushing outrageously neo-Marxist and neo-racist indoctrination on their hapless employees - all under the guise of "diversity training." Raytheon, one of America's largest defense contractors, reportedly has adopted Critical Race Theory (CRT) and implemented 'Intersectionality' training for its senior executives.
The company that just won a $2 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to build a nuclear-capable cruise missile, created a program in 2020, called "Stronger Together," which encourages employees to "becom[e] an anti-racist today."
National Review notes that: "One workshop aims to teach employees about the concept of 'intersectionality,' which is the neo-Marxist theory about "interlocking systems of oppression" and "break[ing] down power into privilege and marginalization." NR adds:
Ohio parents who opposed critical race theory speak up after kids get expelled
Two Ohio parents are denouncing a private school that expelled their children after the pair of mothers launched a public campaign against critical race theory.
Speaking to Fox News Wednesday morning, Andrea Gross and Amy Gonzalez expressed their dismay that Columbus Academy had denied re-enrollment to both of their children, as well as others who the school said breached part of their contract by publicly pushing back against the theory being added to the curriculum.
"I feel like it is unfortunate that when you are speaking out and you are trying to say your truth, unfortunately, there are people who want to retaliate against you. In this case, they retaliated against our children, who are innocent," Gross told the network.
"We tried, in the best way possible, to represent and speak up not only for our children but also our teachers. At a private school, they did not have a union. I believe a lot of it is coming from The National Association of Independent Schools," Gonzalez added.
