Rokita wrote:
This past school year had many challenges caused by COVID-19. Among them was a shift to remote learning, which gave parents a unique window into their childrenâs classrooms. For some, it shed light on troubling ideologies being imposed in K-12 school curriculum.
Numerous parents and state legislators have contacted me to express concern about how much indoctrination, not instruction, is being thrust upon students. While American students fall behind the rest of the world in math, science, reading, and writing, some schools are prioritizing political agendas over academic achievement.
These dangerous ideologies only serve to divide our children, which leads to a divided society. A divided society destroys our civic institutions by falsely discrediting them. Critical Race Theory and similar curriculums aim to co-opt Americaâs traditional U.S. history and civics curriculum by imposing deeply flawed, factually deficient instruction and racial division into the classroom.