South Dakota education legislation being shaped by national politics
The extent to which national political movements sway South Dakota’s legislative priorities was rarely more evident than during a House Education Committee hearing.
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The extent to which national political movements sway South Dakota’s legislative priorities was rarely more evident than during a House Education Committee hearing.
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Copy URL The furor over critical race theory in schools has reached a fever pitch this summer, becoming a central issue in school board debates and on cable news programs alike. that would restrict how teachers discuss racism, sexism, and controversial issues. In eight states, the bills have passed into law. The same language echoes throughout much of the legislation, from bans on “divisive” or “racist or sexist concepts,” to provisions that require teachers to present contending perspectives on “controversial” issues. It can feel like the issue exploded overnight. Where did ...
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images 19 Jul 2021 The author of model legislation that seeks to ban progressive “action civics” curriculum at the state level told Breitbart News the reports that Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is retreating from requiring federal grants to be tied to the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) or the 1619 Project is “bogus window dressing, nothing more.” Stanley Kurtz, who penned the Partisanship Out of Civics Act, a model for legislation that seeks to ban action or protest civics at the state level, responded to some reports that st...