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What is critical race theory? And why has it received so much attention in Virginia?
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What is critical race theory? And why has it received so much attention in Virginia?
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Sara Gregory,
The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot
Nothing has ever ravaged classrooms worse than the COVID-19 virus, but the most impassioned discourse in American education right now has nothing to do with the pandemic.
Instead, as the leader of Hampton Roadsâ largest school district put it, a panic over lessons on so-called âcritical race theoryâ is dominating the publicâs attention.
âAll this noise is starting to drown out the âwhyâ of our work as educators,â Virginia Beach Superintendent Aaron Spence wrote in a Virginian-Pilot column last weekend. âThe boil over this needs to be brought down to a simmer.â
As battles flare across Virginia, including in Bedford, Botetourt and Franklin counties in the Roanoke region, here are some answers about what critical race theory is â and whatâs behind the political war that has engulfed the nationâs schools.
What is critical race theory? And why has it received so much attention in Virginia?
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After 49 years on the job, Marge Moore still mops and sweeps her bus every day, trying to set a good example for her students. She keeps the vehicle at her house so she can wash it on the weekends â and she makes sure to wax it every other month.
When itâs especially frigid and the gear shift freezes, she drags her blow dryer, with an extension cord, out to the bus to unthaw the transmission. She needs to pick up her kids on time, even during the winter, she said.
And even with no sick or vacation days during her career, Moore said she still gets excited to go to work every day as a bus driver for Virginia Beach public schools. Though she doesnât want it â Moore says sheâs just doing her job â sheâs earning a little recognition as her tenure inches closer to the half-century mark.