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As we look back at the 2021 legislative sessions, there’s a lot to unpack. Whether it was laws pertaining to critical race theory or election integrity, there has certainly been a lot of focus on what’s going on in state legislatures. While school choice has been a topic of discussion for decades, it seems that COVID lockdowns have breathed new life into it as support for school choice continues to rise.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, FreedomWorks published two blog posts dealing with the terrible energy and education provisions in the Democrats’ Big Government Socialism bill. Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks President, commented:
This year, FreedomWorks’ BEST (Building Education for Students Together) program has traveled across the country to train thousands of parents on how they can take back their school board one seat at a time. It’s clear that parents are eager to take action.
The Progressive Left figured out long ago that if they can control the education of children, then they can build a national acceptance of a socialistic, big government country. The key to this acceptance, they found, is controlling the curricula used in public schools.
I taught history in Poland soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union. My students were eager to learn objective truth--something which the Soviet regime abhorred. When I look at the fight over Critical Race Theory (CRT), it reminds me of the party-approved curricula that my students’ parents remembered from the days behind the Iron Curtain. Like the Soviet Ministry of Education’s dogma, CRT is blatantly ideological. It’s no wonder CRT’s proponents are intent on muddying the waters with bad faith arguments.
All of us have seen how concerns about Critical Race Theory (CRT) have animated parents across the country. But with Education Secretary Cardona’s decision yesterday to halt a proposal to tie federal funding to CRT teachings associated with the 1619 Project, parents have gotten a victory they very well deserve.
The American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association, along with 5,082 other radical public school teachers, hit FreedomWorks “Wall of Shame” after vowing to break the law and teach Critical Race Theory and the latest woke version of “truth” in American History.
In Florida, we have a well-intentioned Governor who has said that he doesn’t want Critical Race Theory (CRT) taught to our kids. We have a State Board of Education that has enjoyed the spotlight for voting to stop CRT from making its way into the classrooms. Parents are told that the Governor’s office is going to play whack-a-mole with the school districts that try to implement CRT.
After a year without in-person instruction, American students have suffered immeasurably. Though all the long-term effects of a year without school aren’t yet known, it doesn’t take a scientific study to understand that it’s been extremely damaging to the mental health and development of our kids. Children are anxious to get back into the classroom, to see their friends, and for life to return to normal.
