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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The right is trying to indoctrinate children. They want to ban books, rewrite history, and take away the ability for teachers to teach.

I send my children to school because I am not a teacher. I want them to learn different things, not just my viewpoint or my interpretation of history. A fact is a fact, those trying to change things, are not doing it for the betterment of our communities. They’re trying to do that to impose their beliefs on everyone else. [/quote]

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I was a teacher.  A teacher is a very influential person.  I do not want a teacher indoctrinating my child into thinking that he is "privileged" because of his color.  I do not want a teacher telling my child that Republicans are stupid--as a FCPS teacher did a few years ago.  I do not want a teacher telling my child that he is "privileged" because he is a military brat.  I do not want a teacher telling my children that African American kids cannot achieve because of systemic racism.  I do not want a teacher teaching my children that gender is a social construct.  I do not want a school system that decides to teach FLE with boys and girls together--contrary to the overwhelming wishes of parents, teachers, and students.  I do not want a teacher teaching my children that the American Revolution was fought over slavery and that our country was founded in 1619 (Yes, I know Jones walked that back, but that is what she said.)  I do not want a school system who pays around $50K to a racial grifter to give a speech to administrators telling thme that they need to push "anti-racism" (which is racist on its face.0

Also, I do not want a SB that defends having a book like Gender Queer in the library.  A graphic novel showing sexual acts is inappropriate in our school system.  I also do not want a school system that is paying big bucks to law firms to defend policies that got them into trouble.

I also do not want a school system that wants "equity" which they paid $500K to an organization that says "equity" is "equal outcomes."  Can they really be that stupid?  Where do you ever have equal outcomes.  I sing off key--does that mean I should get the lead in the musical?  Get to be on Broadway?

This school system is choosing to close the "achievement gap" by pushing the top down.  That is troubling.

And, yes, children can be exposed to different opinions--but they also need to be taught facts.  I find it troubling that a parent thinks that all teachers know more than they do.

You need to educate yourself.  You say a "fact is a fact."  What makes you think that is what the kids are being taught? History is the study of events over time and the people, causes, and results that affect those events.  Those are facts.  But, we are now being told that Nicole Hannah-Jones' version is significant.  She is not a historian and her interpretation is flawed.   Her theory can be presented, but the facts should also be presented.

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The only thing I’ve seen is the issue with closing the achievement gap by lowering standards.  That issue goes well beyond FCPS and the SB.  You can thank NCLB for starters.  But the rest frankly sounds like a bunch of Republican talking points.  And frankly for a teacher, you don’t seem to get nuance very well.  There’s some major black and white thinking in a lot of your arguments.  White people are privileged—-it doesn’t mean they don’t have obstacles.  It doesn’t mean they inherently bad. It doesn’t mean they are racists.  It just means they do not have to deal with certain issues brown or black people deal with in society.  And learning about how systemic racism impacts AAs (who are quite damn aware of it without formal instruction) isn’t saying AA cannot be high achieving.  The fact that white peoples get so defensive around this topic illustrates that we are not done talking about race in this country.[/quote]

NCLB was basically a re-up of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with a few  changes (mainly in testing requirements) and has since been redone again and called the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.

https://www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/news/05/history.ravich.links.htm[/quote]

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