By Daniel P. Cortez
INDEPENDENCE Day should be the most celebrated day in the nation. But with the announcement that the National Education Association, the nationâs largest teacherâs union, plans to promote critical race theory and rewrite American history in schools across the nation, it may never be again.
As voters are becoming more engaged, such concerns are being discussed throughout the commonwealth, including with Virginiaâs Republican gubernatorial candidate, Glenn Youngkin, for whom CRT, law enforcement, and job creation remain key election issues for November.
Iâm one of the volunteer co-chairmen of the Latinos for Youngkin Coalition, which was recently launched in Northern Virginia. Youngkin has gone on record to Hispanic leaders stating that when heâs elected governor, âCRT would have no place in Virginia.â
Controversial Loudoun County School District spent $34K on Critical Race Theory coaching for staff, documents reveal - despite insisting it has NO plans to teach the curriculum to students
An invoice reveals Loudoun County School Public Schools paid out $34,167 to equity consulting firm The Equity Collaborative in June 2020
The payment was for equity coaching for staff, including 25 hours of coaching support for the county s director of equity which alone cost more than $15,000
The newly-obtained documents also include some of the coaching material such as a motivational framework for culturally responsive teaching
One parent said the framework focuses only on African American and Latino students and excludes children of all other ethnicities