Anonymous
11/25/2022 22:41
Subject: Glenn Youngkin's brand of politics over?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He's going to run for President, so he's applying for the job he wants and quiet quitting the job he has. He is not focused whatsoever on Virginia state agendas unless they also are national spotlight agendas.
He did run a spectacular gubernatorial campaign compared to McAullife. But once he won that race, his eyes got wider and he is now laser focused on becoming the Republican nominee in 2024. So now he will bend and pivot to whatever will get him that nom. Virginia got screwed by both sides: 1) by the left for shoving down our throat's Terry McAullife as the savior for the democratic nominee when there were other well qualified candidates, and 2) by the moderates who claimed Youngkin was his own brand, was a moderate and would focus on Virginia issues. McAullife handed Youngkin the election in the debate when he said that parents should not be involved in their children's public school education. Politico did a 15 min podcast re this campaign, that moment and how Youngkin won. It's worth listening to because I am sure he's got the same people working on this next campaign.
The sad thing is McAuliffe was 100% correct about parents’ role in public education. There already exist myriad ways to have input — but they absolutely do not get to dictate what happens in the actual classroom or schools.
This would be a better message if schools were not undreperforming academically. That is traditionally the key criteria where schools do get taken over and rightfully so.
Sure so VA schools are as bad as Alabama, MO, MI, Kentucky, OHIO, Oklahama, South Dakota etc..
Absolutely schools can do better however the fake messaging from the right is absurd.
Youngkin's goal privatizes schools so he and Devos can pocket the monies DeSantis on track to do the same.
Republcians are stupid and will lose everything. Youngkin is a liar, never stays in VA he used you and you idiots let him.
You need to look at the Nation's Report Card if you think that VA school are better than schools in all those other states. See especially South Dakota, one of the best performing states. Virginia is mostly middle of the pack as are most of those other states. Oklahoma and Alabama are worse.
Anonymous
11/25/2022 22:09
Subject: Re:Glenn Youngkin's brand of politics over?
Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/11/governor-glenn-youngkin-responds-to-backlash-over-virginias-proposed-school-history-standards/
Younkin's education team put together history standards that downplay slavery as the cause of the Civil War, call American Indians "immigrants" and generally doesn't teach history.
This is not accurate as far as the draft I found online here, dated 11/10/22
https://www.iwf.org/2022/11/17/fact-check-do-virginia-history-standards-leave-out-the-civil-rights-movement/
Excerpts:
"During the course of study, students will examine the basic geographic features of the region, the history of Virginia’s INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, the story of English colonization, the arrival of Africans, and the development of colonial society, including slavery."
"The Civil War USI.9
Students will apply history and social science skills to describe the CAUSES, major events, and effects of the Civil War by:
a. describing how SLAVERY affected the cultural, economic, and constitutional debates that divided the nation."
Draft also includes MLK.