Top College Board executive advocates limiting instruction of race and history

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Judd Legum
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1. A top executive for @CollegeBoard, an organization that shapes curriculum for hundreds of thousands of high school students, is aggressively pushing to limit discussions about race and history in classrooms

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Top College Board executive advocates limiting instruction of race and history in classrooms
A top executive for the College Board is playing a central role in advancing legislation to "limit what teachers can say regarding race, history, and politics in Indiana classrooms." The executive,...
6:17 AM · Feb 7, 2022

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A top executive for the College Board is playing a central role in advancing legislation to "limit what teachers can say regarding race, history, and politics in Indiana classrooms."

The executive, Todd Huston, is paid $460,738 to serve as the College Board's Senior Vice President for State and District Partnerships, according to the organization's latest tax filing. The College Board, which designs the SAT and Advanced Placement courses, has an enormous influence on what is taught in high schools across the country.

Huston also has a side hustle: Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.

In his role as Speaker, Huston has prioritized controversial legislation to restrict instruction in Indiana classrooms. The bill, HB 1134, would prohibit any classroom materials or instruction that support a list of poorly-defined "divisive topics." Among other things, the bill would prohibit any content that suggests "any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, responsibility, or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual's sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation."

A companion bill to HB 1134 was pulled from consideration in the Indiana Senate when its author, State Senator Scott Baldwin (R) said it would require high school history teachers to be "impartial" when discussing Nazism. Identical language remains in the House legislation. The legislation allows parents to sue schools that violate its provisions; a teacher that runs afoul of the new constraints could lose their license.

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[Walleye]

1. These people who don't want to teach about racism, can't we assume that they are racist?

[c-rational]

2. This man needs to be fired.

[AngryOldDem]

3. This is an EGREGIOUS conflict of interest.

There are many such in the General Assembly, but this is by far the worst because of the implications this has, and how education is in the crosshairs this year.

I have no use at all for that body. And before anybody suggests speaking out against them, in person or phone or e-mail, hear this: They. Do. Not. Give. A. Fuck. Huston especially.