As Twitchy reported just a bit ago, Fairfax County Public Schools gave another reason why Glenn Youngkin won the governor’s race after Terry McAuliffe said that parents shouldn’t have a say in their children’s education. The English curriculum has students playing “Identify Your Privilege” Bingo, with privilege points given for being cisgender, white, male, Christian, and … being a military kid?
NBC News has a new report out on how conservative, anti-critical race theory activists are pushing to have schools post their lesson plans online. Free speech advocates, however, warn that that could lead to “more” censorship in public schools.
NEW: Conservative activists want schools to post lesson plans online, but free speech advocates warn such policies could lead to more censorship in K-12 schools.https://t.co/QCQgiYJV1T
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 20, 2022
So it looks like the Left is adding “curriculum transparency” to “parents’ rights” as code words for a right-wing assault on public schools. But those schools aren’t teaching critical race theory anyway, so why worry about posting lesson plans online?
NBC News reports:
But teachers, their unions and free speech advocates say the proposals would excessively scrutinize daily classwork and would lead teachers to pre-emptively pull potentially contentious materials to avoid drawing criticism. Parents and legislators have already started campaigns to remove books dealing with race and gender, citing passages they find obscene, after they found out that the books were available in school libraries and classrooms.
Citing passages they find obscene? They had graphic novels graphically depicting oral sex with a minor. Do some reporting, NBC.
Grades, homework are posted online via portals, why can’t teachers also post their lesson plans, discussion points, class materials etc? Why is this controversial ??
— MimiMable (@TeresaGunz) January 20, 2022
You are a PUBLIC school. The PUBLIC has a right to know what their kids are being taught. This is exactly the sort of arrogance that has people wanting school choice.
— Crosspatch (@VictorB123) January 20, 2022
I'm not an activist, but I want to know what my kids are being taught.
— Rabbit Å (@rabbitrun60) January 20, 2022
If you're a public school teacher and you don't want your lesson materials made public, you should not be a public school teacher.
— The Admiral (@RebelAdmiral) January 20, 2022
What are they hiding that they wouldn’t post lesson plans? Why don’t parents have a right to see them?
— WinterDreams (@Missthetree) January 20, 2022
“So-called free speech advocates oppose transparency of how taxpayer dollars are being spent in government schools.”
Fixed that for you.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) January 20, 2022
What’s a good reason this shouldn’t be readily available?
I find it difficult to see how people could be against transparency…
— Sheen (@Sheen6031) January 20, 2022
How can anyone argue against this. That’s like my bosses asking me what I’m working on and just staring at them.
— dpac48 (@dpac48) January 20, 2022
if teachers are worried their lesson plans will create uproar with parents maybe it’s time to reconsider the scope of topics that belong in public K-12
— real utensils (@noplasticforks) January 20, 2022
Now all parents that care are conservatives. Great. Welcome all caring moms. We need you. To lead. To sanity.
— Reno 911owitz (@RabinowitzReno) January 20, 2022
Another in the genre of "We're used to doing what we want and don't want meddlesome parents getting in our way" from a taxpayer funded institution. Not feeling the sympathy. And lmao at ppl calling themselves "free speech advocates" while attacking the availability of information
— Alex (@Alex_Z_01) January 20, 2022
How is it a violation of free speech to post a curriculum online that the parents are paying for through taxes? Spoiler alert, it isn't.
— Jacob Airey (@realJacobAirey) January 20, 2022
So, you're saying teachers don't want to show their work?
— Dapper Bastard (@Dapper_Bastard) January 20, 2022
“Conservative activists…” I have 3 kids in elementary school. Every school paper they see gets sent home in their backpacks, and teachers utilize an app for open interaction with parents and post lesson plans. Imagine being against this..
— Scott Wittman Visual (@ScottWittman) January 20, 2022
Why is transparency bad?
— Conserviberal (@conserviberal) January 20, 2022
Transparency is bad, you see, because teachers are afraid if they teach about slavery then those domestic terrorist conservative parents are going to have them arrested for breaking laws against teaching critical race theory. It’s stupid.
Related:
Another reason WHY Youngkin won –> Approved Fairfax County Public Schools English curriculum includes playing ‘Privilege Bingo’ (they think Military Kids are 'privileged'?!) https://t.co/Ua9c9wDd5U
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 20, 2022
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