Teachers are being forced to sit through trainings and professional development that subject them to bullying, disrespect, and damaging false accusations. While many have suggested speaking out immediately or leaving the profession, neither will lead to the results we need in order to change the current atmosphere. This professional development
Many organizations and publications have recently latched onto the idea of “banning/defunding” Critical Race Theory (CRT). While this might sound like a great idea that could save our nation, the fact is that the large majority of CRT funding is not coming from the taxpayers, and a majority of the
With recent reports of school districts adopting “social justice” curricula, it is important to note that, since most teachers have already been teaching it on their own, the announcements are only a formality. “Social justice” curriculum materials have increasingly been promoted for years within the educational organizations teachers use to
What is “social justice” curriculum? According to the National Council for the Social Studies National Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers, social justice curriculum “involves implementing curriculum and instruction that ‘actively seeks to recognize the diversity of the world and the complexities associated with issues of racism, sexism,
While many educational organizations pretend to be unbiased, Facing History and Ourselves proudly expresses their bias in their resources and the people with whom they are affiliated. Facing History has been among the many educational organizations that have embraced Nikole Hannah-Jones’s anti-American movement and her fictional narrative, the 1619 Project,
