Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
Guidance Document Change: In 2021, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 1904 and Senate Bill 1196, and was signed into law by Governor Northam. The law establishes new requirements to support culturally competent educators in the Commonwealth. The Guidance on Cultural Competency Training for Teachers and Other Licensed School Board Employees in Virginia Public Schools was developed for the Board to fulfill the statutory mandate to provide guidance on the minimum standards for the local training requirement.
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12/9/21  9:33 am
Commenter: Concerned taxpayer & Voter

Political Ideology in the classroom? (CRT)
 

Culturally Responsive Education is CRT in practical application. It was created by Gloria Ladson-Billings. It does not belong in our schools and sure shouldn't be used to evaluate teachers. It is a political theory that was created in an echo chamber. It is anti-American to the core. It is rooted in Marxist principles, critical theory, black nationalism, and anti-Semitism. It violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the Bill of Rights.

Our students are suffering from your policies. We need to go back to the basics (core subjects) give students an education without trying to form their political opinions. A school is NO place to teach racism.

I have taught Electronics classes to diversity of students, including foreign nationals and hands down the foreign nationals were better educated. While American students had to use a calculator to solve a basic Algebra problem, foreign nationals used their brain not a calculator and were usually quicker and just as correct. Teaching in Public schools needs to stay focused on basic subjects and NOT political agenda.

Virginia implemented Standards of Learning exams to gauge students knowledge of subjects based on what they were taught, but many Teachers instead of staying focused on Teaching a subject resulted into test gouging to ensure students would pass leaving gaps in knowledge. Now people want to take limited valuable teaching time to push a political ideology?

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