Howard Kiser News Today

On Tuesday, The Washington Post added a “clarification” to a local story Friday that claimed Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposal to set up a parental hotline to report “divisive” content in schools was wholly opposed by every single one of the commonwealth’s 133 superintendents even though, in reality, it was only a letter passed by their trade association’s executive board.

On Tuesday, The Washington Post added a “clarification” to a local story Friday that claimed Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposal to set up a parental hotline to report “divisive” content in schools was wholly opposed by every single one of the commonwealth’s 133 superintendents even though, in reality, it was only a letter passed by their trade association’s executive board.

<p>“Division superintendents disagree with your assumption that discriminatory and divisive concepts have become widespread in Virginia school divisions,” states the letter from Howard Kiser, executive director of the Virginia Association of School Superintendents.</p>

The Washington Post updated its article after Fox News inquired whether it stood by its reporting.

A group representing Virginia public school superintendents wrote to the Youngkin administration criticizing an interim report on "inherently divisive concepts."