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A growing number of educators across the country are being fired or resigning as hostility toward critical race theory and its role in the classroom mounts, NBC News reports.
Even as administrators in embattled districts insist they don t teach critical race theory (an academic framework intended for graduate students), some parents of young students and conservative activists have continued to use the phrase as a label for a range of diversity and equity initiatives that they consider too progressive, NBC News writes. Frustrated teachers, unable to address divisive concepts with students, are then forced out, leading to what educators and experts describe as a brain drain of those who are most committed to fighting racism in schools.
Critical Race Theory Battles are Driving Black Educators Out of Their Jobs
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Growing animosity over critical race theory is leading to an exodus of educators
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Teachers say vaccine is one step towards returning to classroom
Renee Murphy said JCPS will still have virtual learning as an option for students once schools return to in-person instruction. Author: Dennis Ting Updated: 6:37 PM EST December 30, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. While it still may be several weeks before teachers in Kentucky have their chance to get the coronavirus vaccine, some are already excited at the possibility. We can feel a little bit more safe doing things that used to be normal for us, so going back to school and seeing my students, and my students being able to see their friends, that s really exciting to think about, Joseph Kelly, a teacher at Knight Middle School, said. I don t know a single teacher who does not want to go back in the school building.