Nearly a dozen states want to ban critical race theory in schools By Caitlin O Kane Symbolic Justice
Earlier this month, Idaho Governor Brad Little became the first Republican governor to sign into law a bill that restricts educators from teaching a concept called critical race theory. And more could follow: Nearly a dozen states have introduced similar Republican-backed bills that would direct what students can and cannot be taught about the role of slavery in American history and the ongoing effects of racism in the U.S. today
. But critics say the legislation isn t aimed at what children are learning in the classroom.
Proposed criteria for awarding federal grants in history and civics have sparked cries from the right that Biden is pushing critical race theory on schools. The left disagrees, with good reason. But neither side has focused on the real reasons history and civics education fail so many students.
A voter applicant fills up a registration form at the Commission of Elections (Comelec) (PNA photo)
According to data from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Commission on Elections (Comelec), 40 million Filipinos ages 18 to 35 are eligible to vote in 2022.
Jonah Rae Hufano, Secretary and Education Head of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UP-LB) Delta Lambda Sigma Sorority, stressed that exercising the right to vote is a way of “asserting for your rights as an individual.”
“Most of the students right now were not registered voters in the past elections. That is why I think it’s high time for my fellow youth to take a stand and exercise their right to vote especially in the elections in 2022,” Hufano told the Manila Bulletin.
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Today, Jennifer Hitchcock, Rosemarye Taylor, Carol Chanter, Keisha Rembert, and Lisa Sibaja offer their suggestions.
Three Elements Of a PLC
Jennifer Hitchcock teaches AP Government and Politics for Virginia’s Fairfax County public schools, at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and the district’s Online Campus:
A few years ago, the school I worked at suggested a radical change in how I talked about what I asked to do my students. We reflected on the word “work” in classrooms. Homework, classwork, hard worker… all of this emphasized doing something. Looking busy, being active. We stumbled upon something disturbing. With all of this doing, how do we know what our kids are learning? As a group, we decided to work on this together.
Thousands of Republicans and right-wing activists are gathering this week for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, under the banner “America Uncanceled” — a jab at what