New laws passed this year mandate changes to education standards in the state of Minnesota. No, the standards are not going to improve the declining quality of our schools, except in the opinion of woke ideologues.
As the governor says, they will produce a "miracle" with emphasis on "equity," not academics. Teaching licenses now require teachers: to affirm different sexual identities, to "understand" white supremacy, to "empower" (read: train) students to become agents of social change.
Why these disputed, divisive ideas? Because, as the state licensure board says, "a teacher must have a foundational understanding of how race and racism are embedded in our institutions and everyday life."
That pernicious view is pushed, not by most people, but by one segment of one of our political parties. Now, children must be formally trained in it, and they'll believe it. We know what that portends for the future.
from Thinking Minnesota, "License to Woke"
(cont'd tomorrow)
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