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(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Being a disabled preschooler surely comes with a hefty row to hoe.
But some in the North Carolina government have decided it’s not enough.
As relayed by the Education First Alliance , the state’s General Assembly has granted funding for Critical Race Theory to be taught in special education preschool classrooms.
From EFA’s press release : The $7M to fund the program came from the IDEA ( Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ) Preschool Handicapped Grant awarded to the state by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the US Department of Education. EFA’s president, Sloan Rachmuth, remarked , “With this vote, North Carolina’s schools became the most radically divisive education system in America.”
Just days ago, the State School Board approved a training contract with UNC Chapel-Hill’s Frank Porter Graham’s (FPG) Child Development Center . The agreement aims at developing “Equity and Cultural Responsiveness in the Early Childhood Classroom” training modules.
EFA reports that, as part of the system’s “Identity” module, pre-K teachers are informed thusly: Key Takeaway: We are all products of a racialized society. Whiteness affects everything we bring to our interactions inside and outside the classsroom. When we use Clarifying Conversations, we deconstruct whiteness. What all should 3-to-5-year-olds be taught?
Per the program: Encourage the children to question social, scientific, and historical facts. We want children to question whether information is true. That reminds me of the old adage, “The best person to question science and history is a 3-year-old.”
Additionally, according to plan, academics should “provide challenging instruction that encourages children to question what they see around them, including issues of power and control.”So much for teaching kids to mind.Furthermore: Talk with children about their identities. It would seem that very small children with disabilities have enough on their plate.Yet, government authorities must know best. Hopefully, we’ll […]
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