Opinion
Your Opinion: Understand CRT before teaching or tolerating it
Dear Editor: I was at the Jefferson City School Board meeting on July 13. It was apparent very few at the meeting including the board and Superintendent Larry Linthicum knew the difference between critical thinking and critical race theory (CRT).
Jul. 20 2021 @ 11:05pm
Les Kampen
Dear Editor:
I was at the Jefferson City School Board meeting on July 13. It was apparent very few at the meeting including the board and Superintendent Larry Linthicum knew the difference between critical thinking and critical race theory (CRT).
Somehow the meanings of each were getting mixed up with the definition of the other; in reality, they are two separate concepts headed in opposite directions.
Opinion
Your Opinion: Smokescreen for teaching CRT in JC schools
Dear Editor: Once again, the leftist wordsmiths are trying to convince us that critical race theory (CRT) and 1619 Project curriculum is all about teaching our children to be critical thinkers.
Jul. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm
Richard and Rita Rackers
Dear Editor:
Once again, the leftist wordsmiths are trying to convince us that critical race theory (CRT) and 1619 Project curriculum is all about teaching our children to be critical thinkers. The July 13 News Tribune article reporting on the July 12 Jefferson City School Board meeting would lead you to believe parents are in lock-step support of critical thinking as the core reason for teaching about critical race theory. However, the two concepts are in total opposition to one another.
Opinion
Your Opinion: We can t ignore our history of racial inequity
Dear Editor: I appreciate the comments made by Superintendent Larry Linthicum on July 12 at the JC Public School Board meeting.
Jul. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm
Susan Randolph
Dear Editor:
I appreciate the comments made by Superintendent Larry Linthicum on July 12 at the JC Public School Board meeting. He shared the Missouri education standards for history and social studies which are the teaching goals for JCPS. I support these standards and appreciate our teachers who work hard to teach these goals in an inclusive manner.
I oppose the effort to ban an inclusive teaching of U.S. history and social studies. I am dismayed JCPS staff and board are having to spend time and money over this political ploy designed to manufacture ignorance that will in effect maintain the status quo of racial inequalities in our society.