Kansas State Department of Education commissioner Randy Watson addressed false claims that critical race theory is being taught in Kansas classrooms. (Kansas State Department of Education)
TOPEKA â As Kansas schools face mounting pressure from parents and lawmakers to ban critical race theory from classrooms, education officials are reiterating that the subject is not part of the state curriculum.
Critical race theory is the college-level study of race as a social construct and the ways racism is embedded into various social systems. It has become a topic of contention nationwide and in Kansas, and that conversation led Kansas State Department of Education commissioner Randy Watson to address those issues Tuesday.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck just over a year ago, jobs were lost, and already-busy parents were suddenly tasked with overseeing their kidsâ educations, some having to quit their jobs or at least put work aside. Even the pristine, and wealthy, Jackson Hole felt the pain of one of the pandemicâs many byproducts: food insecurity.
Organizations of all types stepped up their efforts to help those in need, including local churches eager to find a way to keep their neighborsâ stomachs sated. Two such Jackson churches, Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church and Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole, had to get creative to continue serving meals to the community. And with the help of teams of committed volunteers, they have thus far succeeded.
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Janice Dean weighs in on Kamala Harris getting the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘I’d have given it to my mom instead’
Posted at 4:55 pm on December 29, 2020 by Brett T.
Over the past few days, we’ve seen tweets of politicians getting the coronavirus vaccine to encourage their constituents to get it, when they’re finally able to get it … as if anyone needed to see their representative getting a shot to convince them to get one. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said members of Congress like herself were given priority access to the vaccine as a “national security measure” to keep the government up and running, but most are just trying to show leadership, like Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who not too long ago was discouraging people from taking a vaccine developed under the Trump administration.