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Instead of focusing on the fact that America's students are falling far behind in critical subjects like math and reading, teachers at a recent conference chose to deal with "decolonizing minds," "whiteness," and "intersectional feminism."
“Decolonizing our Minds” and “intersectional feminism,” are some of the featured topics at an upcoming "social justice" teacher conference.
Teachers learned how to "break" the gender binary and "interrogate" whiteness at a conference hosted by a leftist organization in Seattle.
Former CTU president Karen Lewis “really challenged the popular understanding about public schools,” said Robert Bruno, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “She did take on the mayor. She did take on the school board, but Karen was speaking about public education and how public education had been put at risk. ... She wasn’t afraid to call out names and identify people in a very unvarnished, sometimes profane, but always profound way.” Brian Jackson/ Sun-Times file Karen Lewis was a fighter. As the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, she battled for ...