Virginia Education Secretary defames parents’ group as using rhetoric of ‘hate groups’
On Aug. 14, 2020, Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni replied to an email from a parent at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology who had expressed concerns…
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Principal at Thomas Jefferson High School wants parents to check their ‘privilege’
In an email message dated June 7, 2020, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Principal Ann Bonitatibus told the school’s most Asian students and mostly immigrant parents to…
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Fort Smith Schools establishes ‘Equity Action Team Plan’
In 2017, the Fort Smith Public Schools established an Equity Action Team Plan with a goal of “providing an educational opportunity for each student that focuses on fairness,…
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Hamilton County teachers ‘white privilege’ training
On Aug. 3, 2020, The Tennessee Star reported that Hamilton County School District teachers went through “white privilege” training. The lessons included: “People of color cannot be…
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Hopkins Schools urge teachers and staff to examine their ‘whiteness’
On Aug. 24, 2020, Hopkins Public Schools Superintendent Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed welcomed teachers and staff back to school in a virtual staff kickoff event by urging them to examine…
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Jordan School Superintendent supports teacher wearing Black Lives Matter shirt
On Sept. 6, 2020, Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson defended a teacher at Jordan School District who wore a shirt with the Black Lives Matter…
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La Mesa/Spring Valley board member compares reopening schools to ‘white supremacist ideology’
On Feb. 23, 2021, La Mesa/Spring Valley School District held a board meeting via Zoom to discuss in-person learning. Board member Charda Bell-Fontenot said she was “extremely vexed.” The…
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Los Angeles Schools ‘asks students to make a pledge to Black Lives Matter’
At Theodore Roosevelt High School, teachers received slides from Black Lives Matters infused with critical race theory, including "asking all students in the school to make a pledge to Black…
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Acalanes Schools adopt racial equity policy, approve course on deconstructing race
On Sept. 2, 2020, Acalanes Unified School District governing board in California finalized the approval of a course proposal: "English 4: Deconstructing Race." The board wrote the "thematic focus" would…
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