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On February 16, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will review the Illinois State of Board of Education’s (ISBE) proposed Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Standards, which would “apply to the issuance of all Illinois professional educator licenses endorsed in teaching, school support personnel, and administrative fields.”
In simple terms, ISBE is seeking to inject progressive orthodoxy into Illinois classrooms for decades to come. ISBE aims to accomplish this goal not by changing the actual classroom learning standards, at least not at this moment, but by changing the learning standards for teacher colleges in Illinois.
By radically altering how teachers are educated, coupled with its control over the teacher licensure process, ISBE would transform Illinois classrooms from the top down.
New standards for teacher education developed by the Illinois State Board of Education are receiving backlash from Republican lawmakers as allegedly a way to teach liberal politics in the classroom.
The “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards” were proposed by the ISBE to address achievement gaps between white students and students of color. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or JCAR, will decide if the standards should be implemented on Feb. 16.
State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carmen Ayala said the guidelines will create a more inclusive environment for Illinois’ students, 52% of whom are students of color.
The language of the proposal is raising concerns from Republicans, however, that teachers will be required to teach liberal political views.
Republicans hope to block culturally responsive teacher standards
Updated 2/1/2021 5:05 PM
SPRINGFIELD Republican Illinois state lawmakers are pushing back on proposed new standards for teachers and administrators that are scheduled for a hearing before a legislative rule-making committee later this month.
Supporters of the proposed Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards say they re merely an attempt to make sure that all educators are trained in ways to reach students across all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. But critics are calling them a form of political indoctrination that seeks to inject partisan, liberal ideology into the classroom.
The new standards would apply to teacher training programs at Illinois colleges and universities rather than K-12 school curricula. They are scheduled to come up for legislative review on Tuesday, Feb. 16, before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, a legislative body that has oversight a
Originally published on February 1, 2021 4:27 pm
Republican Illinois state lawmakers are pushing back on proposed new standards for teachers and administrators that are scheduled for a hearing before a legislative rulemaking committee later this month.
Supporters of the proposed “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards” say they’re merely an attempt to make sure that all educators are trained in ways to reach students across all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. But critics are calling them a form of political indoctrination that seeks to inject partisan, liberal ideology into the classroom.
The new standards would apply to teacher training programs at Illinois colleges and universities rather than K-12 school curricula. They are scheduled to come up for legislative review on Tuesday, Feb. 16, before the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or JCAR, a legislative body that has oversight authority over state regulatory agencies.
For two decades, this writer has sounded the alarm about the progressive dogma being disseminated in Americaâs classrooms. Dogma presented as irrefutable fact and defended with a single strategy: If you dare to challenge any aspect of that dogma, youâre racist, transphobic, or â as President Joe Bidenâs inauguration speech and its laughably hollow call for âunityâ made clear â a potential âdomestic terrorist.â
Thus in Cupertino, California, a class of third graders was forced to âdeconstructâ their racial identities, then rank themselves according to their âpower and privilege.â âBased on whistleblower documents and parents familiar with the session, a third-grade teacher at R.I. Meyerholz Elementary School began the lesson on âsocial identitiesâ during a math class,â columnist Christopher Rufo reveals. âThe teacher asked all students to create an âidentity map,â listing their race