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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone else notice that APE's newsletter highlights and lauds the Congressional testimony of the director of an organization that is for channeling public money to private schools and against "radical" CRT and "gender ideology" in public schools?

As a reminder APE is the group that Miranda founded and led.

It only takes a couple of clicks to see the connection between APE and this right wing group -

https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/enews/april-20-2023/#Hearing

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gentles-testimony_-The-Consequences-of-School-Closures_-Intended-and-Unintended.pdf

https://www.iwf.org/efc/[/quote]

Well. APE really walked right into this one. Thanks for highlighting this, PP.

Tell us again that you're not a MAGA right wing org, APE! [/quote]

Are you serious? I can't stand the IWF, but why wouldn't APE highlight a congressional hearing with bipartisan "consensus that from all the witnesses and Members of Congress that school closures had led to learning loss and negative mental health effects that are still present today, and the fundamental importance of keeping schools open." That's the point of this whole thing, not to promote some rightwinger.

They don't control who congress invites as witnesses and they don't even mention her name despite sharing her comments about APE's work. But they do name and draw attention to quotes from two other witnesses. Seems like a fair summary of what happened in a congressional hearing where APE was mentioned.

Link to it so others can determine for themselves https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/enews/april-20-2023/#Hearing

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APE CHOSE to highlight ONE witness from that hearing - the MAJA RWNJ. Very telling. [/quote]

You seem to lack critical reading skills.  They highlight two witnesses by name and their quotes.  The mention this person and 4th witness and do not name them. [/quote]

they give top billing to the MAGA one and note favorably that he quotes APE's twitter. Seems like a close connection to me. YMMV. [/quote]

It's also telling that APE writes favorably about a hearing held by the REPUBLICAN majority of the house of reps. Pretty clear who they align with. [/quote]

Oh right. Only democratic hearings should be covered. This blind partisanship is what got us balanced literacy. Republicans advocated for phonics-based instruction and progressives had to advocated for the opposite. Not everything is a partisan issue. I think it’s totally appropriate to cover a congressional hearing about school closures especially one where APS is mentioned. We can’t critique book bans and call for real history being taught and then scream when coverage is given to a congressional hearing addressing a very important issue. This division and partisanship is hurting public education. [/quote]

That is completely untrue about Republicans being the ones who advocated for phonic based instruction and Dems opposing it. Nice attempt to rewrite history. I guess we know YOUR political affiliations based on that. No surprise, Miranda seems to have a lot of Republican or DINO supporters. Wonder how many of you will vote in the Dem caucus? [/quote]

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