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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCritical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs
Source: NBC News
Critical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs
Battles over diversity and equity initiatives in public schools have resulted in administrators and teachers being fired or resigning over discussions about race.
July 12, 2021, 4:32 AM EDT
By Tyler Kingkade
When Rydell Harrison started a new job as a school superintendent in southwestern Connecticut last August, he was excited to join a community that seemed committed to diversity and equity.
The Easton, Redding and Region 9 district, which covers two small, mostly white towns, had recently established a task force and allocated money to address the racial climate in schools. That decision was a response to the hundreds of students and recent alumni who wrote to school board members following George Floyds murder to describe racist incidents theyd experienced or witnessed at school. To Harrison, the task force was a sign that the community sat up and listened when young people advocated for change.
Things shifted, however, after the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January.
Some local residents started to complain that the diversity efforts were Harrisons agenda, rather than something students and alumni requested. They labeled Harrison, the districts first Black superintendent, an activist pushing to indoctrinate students with critical race theory. School board meetings filled with opponents lasted late into the night.
A mailer sent to community members from Nonpartisan Action for a Better Redding, a conservative nonprofit group, featured a Facebook post Harrison had written condemning conspiracy theories that fueled the Capitol riot, and it urged people to complain to school board members about him. Others mailers came from a political group called Save Our Schools, run by two Easton residents who no longer have children in the district, and questioned whether the district had a problem with bias and discrimination at all.
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Administrators at virtually every district facing these conflicts including Harrisons have insisted they dont teach critical race theory, but ...
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Battles over diversity and equity initiatives in public schools have resulted in administrators and teachers being fired or resigning over discussions about race.
July 12, 2021, 4:32 AM EDT
By Tyler Kingkade
When Rydell Harrison started a new job as a school superintendent in southwestern Connecticut last August, he was excited to join a community that seemed committed to diversity and equity.
The Easton, Redding and Region 9 district, which covers two small, mostly white towns, had recently established a task force and allocated money to address the racial climate in schools. That decision was a response to the hundreds of students and recent alumni who wrote to school board members following George Floyds murder to describe racist incidents theyd experienced or witnessed at school. To Harrison, the task force was a sign that the community sat up and listened when young people advocated for change.
Things shifted, however, after the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January.
Some local residents started to complain that the diversity efforts were Harrisons agenda, rather than something students and alumni requested. They labeled Harrison, the districts first Black superintendent, an activist pushing to indoctrinate students with critical race theory. School board meetings filled with opponents lasted late into the night.
A mailer sent to community members from Nonpartisan Action for a Better Redding, a conservative nonprofit group, featured a Facebook post Harrison had written condemning conspiracy theories that fueled the Capitol riot, and it urged people to complain to school board members about him. Others mailers came from a political group called Save Our Schools, run by two Easton residents who no longer have children in the district, and questioned whether the district had a problem with bias and discrimination at all.
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Administrators at virtually every district facing these conflicts including Harrisons have insisted they dont teach critical race theory, but ...
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/critical-race-theory-battles-are-driving-frustrated-exhausted-educators-out-n1273595
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Critical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2021
OP
K&R, it's more than CRT it's MAGA tree trying to change racial history to something stupid
uponit7771
Jul 2021
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uponit7771
(90,302 posts)1. K&R, it's more than CRT it's MAGA tree trying to change racial history to something stupid
Girard442
(6,066 posts)2. "There's no problem with racism in this school..."
"...and there will be a burning cross in front of your house if you keep saying that."
tulipsandroses
(5,122 posts)4. I liked it better when the Klan was out, loud and proud
Today racists want to be racist while denying they are racist.
Wounded Bear
(58,601 posts)3. That is their real goal...
to drive out all the real educators so they can shoehorn their acolytes and toadies into positions of authority.