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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
NP - MMV, I guess. Seems to me, most people would "highlight" something that quotes or references them/their group.[/quote]

I mean if a RWNJ highlighted something I wrote, I would rethink my position. And I certainly wouldn't put it out there as a positive thing. But that's just me, I don't lean the way you do. APE clearly views the endorsement from a RWNJ as a plus. That says it all to me. [/quote]

So you are saying they should rethink the excerpt below? Spoiler alert that  parties generally agreed on it at the hearing. Most of the world now seems to agree that “it didn’t have to be that way”.  Should they also distance themself from the comments they highlighted from the journalist and the school nurse? Don’t hurt yourself with that stretch.

Testimony from a former APS parent highlighted the impacts seen in Arlington, noting how a majority of APS’ Black and Hispanic students and students with disabilities tested “below basic” on the Fall 2022 Math Inventory assessment, widening existing achievement gaps. As discussed at the hearing, APS’ results were consistent with other districts around the country where virtual and hybrid learning continued well into 2021. 
 
Quoting from our twitter account from June of 2021, the witness noted that, “Almost all APS kids went over 350 days without stepping foot into a building. When they finally did, it was - and still is - for only two days a week. The worst part: It didn’t have to be like this."[/quote]

Yes I am saying I think it is telling that APE chose to highlight the RWNJ witness from the Republican hearing that criticized how our blue county did things. Also APE really cannot move on from the pandemic. [/quote]

NP. OMG....let it go! YOU'RE the one who obviously can't move on![/quote]

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