Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Education
 
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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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12/7/21  9:02 pm
Commenter: Nova teacher

The great big lie
 

Schools were much better off 10 years ago. This Culturally Responsive Teaching is a bunch of nonsense. It is one of the reasons why teachers are leaving the field. They don’t feel supported and behavior problems run rampant. Schools try to obsess everything being about race when most of the time it isn’t. This leads principals and schools to manipulate data to be proportionate, like the time when my old AP said- “the next 10 kids we will suspend will be white.” Racism is a big business and sadly many schools especially in Nova have bought into the great lie that we live in a hateful racist country. Has there ever an instance where a teacher has been caught giving out grades or suspending based on race? The answer is no. These insane theories and policies being implemented have massively hurt schools and have fanned the flames of imaginary racism. We don’t need any CRT crap which is purely based on fiction. We don’t need equity committees and their radical lefty ways to undermine basic rules and freedoms of speech and thought. These programs are dangerous, hateful, and support radical left groups that could care less about the welfare for your children. If you don’t think I’m being honest, ask a friend who’s a teacher. 

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