Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
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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1/3/22  9:39 am
Commenter: Werner Lind

No to politicization of history instruction
 

It should go without saying that tax-supported public schools should refrain from discriminating against students on the basis of race, and from imposing politicized curriculum which (in traditional Communist, Nazi, and Fascist style) indoctrinates students in the ideology of the ruling party instead of teaching them to think for themselves.  History and social science instruction should be objective, rigorous and fact-based, from a curriculum designed by credentialed historians and social scientists (not race-baiting partisan political operatives).  It should encourage a balanced, comprehensive and accurate understanding of historical and social events and processes as they actually happened and are happening, foster a mutual understanding and acceptance among students of all races, colors, cultures and faiths rather than deliberately trying to incite them to hate and fear each other, and educate students for thoughtful participation in democratic political life and reasoned, civil political discourse.

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