Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who took office in January 2022, successfully campaigned by stressing parents rights and promising to eliminate what he called “divisive concepts.” But in Virginia, there have not yet been widespread, wholesale changes in the direction of the state’s politics, unlike in other states such as Florida.
As it has done often throughout history, Arlington is resisting edicts from Richmond, this time on the pending controversial standards for how K-12 schools should teach history. The ideological changeover from the Northam to the Youngkin administration last summer turned the once-every-sev .
<p>Glenn Youngkin's attack on "divisive" history lessons clearly put the wishes of conservative whites at the center of the debate about curriculum. Now, a planned change to increase Black history in Virginia schools is on hold and Black students and families ask why their concerns are unheard. </p>
Gov. Glenn Youngkin promised parents he would eliminate critical race theory in schools, a term that has become a framework for anything controversial. But some are raising concerns that it’s an attempt to roll back progressive efforts to provide Virginia K-12 students with an equitable, inclusive education.