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A group of parents in an affluent Texas community is fighting the school district’s efforts to incorporate cultural awareness into the curriculum.
At the Carroll Independent School District board meeting on Monday, members heard comments and complaints from the public regarding the proposed
Cultural Competence Action Plan (CCAP). Per
CNN, the plan was formed in response to a 2018 viral video of a group of teenage students chanting the N-word at a private party in Southlake, Texas. The CCAP aims to address racism in the district but parents are pushing back against it.
The plan was slated to be presented for adoption last August but it was postponed. According to a draft, the CCAP requires diversity training for the staff and anti-bullying programs that encourage “cultural awareness”. Conservatives in the mostly white community of Southlake have rejected the school diversity plan, calling it indoctrination of far-left ideology. Progressives, m
By Jarrett Stepman | May 7, 2021 | 12:29pm EDT
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“On one side, progressives argued that curriculum and disciplinary changes were needed to make all children feel safe and welcome in Carroll, a mostly white but quickly diversifying school district,” NBC News reported. “On the other, conservatives in Southlake rejected the school diversity plan as an effort to indoctrinate students with a far-left ideology that, according to some, would institutionalize discrimination against white children and those with conservative Christian values.”
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The Republican governor is widely viewed as presidential contender in 2024
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