Virginia Demands Schools Cut Ties With Communist China-Linked Groups
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s According to The Daily Wire, the administration demanded that a liberal school system end all ties with groups linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
“The news that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) and the TJHSST Partnership Fund (Fund) have accepted significant financial contributions from entities known to have connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) raises significant concerns,” This could impact the goal to eliminate them. “political indoctrination in our children’s classrooms,” Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Secretary of Education, wrote to Michelle Reid, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent.
Guidera asked for information about how much money was accepted, what was done with it, and whether there were any repercussions. “CCP-linked entities that contributed to the Fund provided any guidance, influence or instructional materials,” What school materials and student data were provided to Chinese groups?
“I am requesting that you direct schools within your division to cut ties with CCP-linked partners. Furthermore, I have asked the Virginia Department of Education to investigate the prevalence of such relationships between CCP-linked partners and local school divisions across the Commonwealth,” The letter stated.
The Washington Examiner Report, citing documents discovered by Parents Defending Education, that TJ “partnered with Tsinghua University High School (TUHS) in 2014 to assist it and China generally with adopting the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and advanced lab research TJHSST is famous for. TUHS is closely tied to Tsinghua University, considered by the Pentagon to be a Chinese military university.”
The TJ Fund also received hundreds and thousands of dollars from Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation and Shirble (a Chinese company), the Examiner reported.
Youngkin, who is a Republican, was elected governor in 2021 partly because of his education platform.
Democrats last month killed a plan to highlight in schools the outcomes and death tolls associated with Communism — one of the most significant events of the 20th century — with a teachers union official saying that it could cause anti-Asian bigotry since some modern Communist countries are in Asia.
Democrats say schools should teach leftist lessons, such as the 1619 Project. “whole history,” This reasoning was strange, as Virginia Democrats vigorously worked to reduce the number of Asians in competitive programs such as Thomas Jefferson. They also removed the admissions test for Asians who had scored high. Democrats preferred to call it a “merit lottery” instead. This resulted in a 54% decrease in Asian students at the magnet school.
Fairfax officials were found guilty of misconduct by a judge in the past year. Illegally Federal Judge Claude Hilton wrote that he tried to reduce the Asian student body at the school. “discussion of TJ admissions changes was infected with talk of racial balancing from its inception.” Appeal was filed by the all-Democratic school board.
The liberal school system Defiance Youngkin declared afterward that parents were free to send their children to school without masks.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares opened several inquiries into Fairfax Schools, the most recent after it sent a message offering college prep classes for Hispanic and Black students. omitting The flyer lists both Asians as well as whites. TJ and Fairfax schools also withheld merit award from students, potentially costing them scholarship money, while school officials pursued “equal outcomes without exception.”
Miyares discussed his family’s situation fled Communist Cuba, declaring that the country was “nationalized: in the name of fairness and equity” He was then arrested by Fidel Castro’s Secret Police. “In Soviet-style communist states like Cuba, the state diminishes parents. They say, ‘Your loyalty is to the state,’ and parents have less control,” He said.
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