State orders Burlington schools to improve hostile racial environment
The state Department of Public Instruction has ordered the Burlington Area School District to repair what the agency is calling a racially hostile environment. Share Updated: 5:15 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
State orders Burlington schools to improve hostile racial environment
The state Department of Public Instruction has ordered the Burlington Area School District to repair what the agency is calling a racially hostile environment. Share Updated: 5:15 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript DISTRICT HAS BEEN ORDERED TO MAKE. IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. REPORTER: DARNISHA GARBADE SAYS HER KIDS WERE SUBJECTED TO YEARS OF RACIAL HARRASSMENT IN BURLINGTON SCHOOLS. MY BLACK CHILDREN WERE REPEATEDLY CALLED TH N WORD, UNFAIRLY DISCIPLINED, FALSELY ACCUSED. REPORTER: SHE NOW HEADS THE BURLINGTON COALITION FOR DISMANTLING RACISM, AND FILED A C
National Trust members have launched a campaign against the charity s woke agenda as it was today accused of lecturing the public and demonising history.
Restore Trust was established following furious criticism of a report detailing links between 93 of the Trust s properties and historic slavery and colonialism.
The group, described as a forum where members can discuss their concerns about the future of the charity , says visitors should not leave venues feeling their history has been demonised .
They say there has been a relentless diminution of standards at the Trust and have accused the charity of patronising and lecturing the public, according to the Telegraph.
Trust s report detailed links between 93 properties and slavery and colonialism
Winston Churchill s former home, Chartwell, in Kent, was on the list
Move prompted a fierce backlash and the trust faced accusations of wokeism
But Charity Commission today cleared it of breaking charity law
Brexiteer Nigel Farage said he had become increasingly appalled by the trust
Historian Simon Heffer said he was astonished the trust had not been censured
Regional Notebook: March 11, 2021
Sliced carrots at Red Fire Farm in Montague. CISA has launched a new map to help SNAP customers earn HIP benefits by buying local produce at authorized vendors, including Red Fire Farm, throughout the Pioneer Valley.
Published: 3/10/2021 4:01:23 PM
Start ’Em Early Foundation holding T-shirt sale
SOUTHWICK The nonprofit Start ’Em Early Foundation has launched a T-shirt campaign to raise money to continue producing sensory sacks that help first responders in emergency situations involving people and patients with autism.
Items in the sensory sacks include: Rubik’s Cubes, small whiteboards for drawing and non-verbal communication, “feeling wheels” to signal emotions, coloring books, noise-canceling headphones, stress putty and other calming toys.
The academic behind the National Trust s Woke review to identify properties with links to colonialism today astonishingly accused the government of weaponising history by trying to stop Left-wing academics denigrating Britain s past.
The study, which blacklisted - among others - the Lake District home of avid anti-slaver William Wordsworth because his brother was involved in the trade, was accused of re-writing history after assembling a team of left-wing and politically biased experts.
Its leader, Professor Corinne Fowler, spoke today as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden prepared to use a meeting with 25 heritage organisations to urge them to adopt a rounded view of Britain s past that does not focus excessively on the empire.