The legislature plans to continue the important work of dismantling institutional racism in public schools and recognizes the importance of increasing equity, diversity, inclusion, antiracism, and cultural competency training throughout the entire public school system by providing training programs for classified staff, certificated instructional staff, certificated administrative staff, superintendents, and school directors that will be provided in an ongoing manner.” -From the text of Senate Bill 5044, which passed the legislature and was signed by Gov. Inslee.
The bill is commonly referred to as the critical race theory bill, CRT is an idea that has grown out of Marxist ideology. It pushes the beliefs that equity can only be achieved in society by redistributing wealth and opportunity.
Teachers unions are driving lockdowns that hurt students most Print this article
The Census Bureau’s pre-pandemic statistics suggest that over 53 million children were enrolled in public school and over 4 million in private school, ages K-12, nationally. No longer.
When the pandemic began and officials closed schools, forcing students to learn virtually at first, it seemed like the right thing to do. At the same time, parents and children were assured the closures were temporary. Nearly a year later, research shows that lockdowns have had worse effects on students than most cases of COVID-19 in children. Unfortunately, no amount of evidence seems to persuade stubborn teachers unions to open schools.
Washington Free Beacon Chicago teachers strike in 2019 / Getty Images
The Chicago Teachers Union is planning to strike following failed negotiations over in-person learning.
On Monday, elementary and middle-school teachers across the Chicago Public School district refused to return to the classroom for in-person work after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to defy the district s plan to reopen schools. The district subsequently pushed back the start date to Wednesday in hopes of reaching an agreement with the union, though negotiations ultimately failed. The Chicago Teachers Union said that if the district retaliates, teachers should strike.
Recent Stories in Campus So it s come to this, the union wrote in a members-only email. Short of some late-breaking change, all members will begin working remotely tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27. And if CPS retaliates against members for exercising their right to a safe workplace, all members will stop working on Thursday and se
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A Pasco School Board meeting pre-pandemic. The president of the Pasco Association of Educators (PAE) claims reopening schools for in-person learning is an example of white supremacy, and compares listening to concerned parents to following rioters breaking into the U.S. Capitol. He even says concern over student suicide is an example of white privilege.
Scott Wilson, PAE president, made a series of unhinged, controversial remarks during a Pasco School Board meeting this week.
even with near-consensus from the medical community that it is safe to reopen schools with mitigation policies in place. The petition the union promotes baselessly calls in-person learning unsafe and unsustainable.