{"id":1033486,"date":"2021-11-19T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033486"},"modified":"2021-11-19T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:00:23","slug":"nbc-columnist-parents-arent-qualified-should-keep-their-noses-out-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-columnist-parents-arent-qualified-should-keep-their-noses-out-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Columnist: Parents \u2018Aren\u2019t Qualified,\u2019 \u2018Should Keep Their Noses Out\u2019 Of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnbc-columnist-parents-arent-qualified-should-keep-their-noses-out-of-education%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Concerned parents and political leaders \u201cshould keep their noses out of school curricula,\u201d according to a columnist at NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents and politicians across the country are interfering with the curricula that public schools use to teach students,\u201d author and professor of teacher education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/schools-face-parents-who-want-ban-critical-race-theory-don-ncna1284185?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma\">Christina Wyman<\/a> wrote in NBC News\u2019 THINK newsletter. She concerned herself chiefly with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-hampshire-parents-organization-offers-reward-for-first-teacher-caught-in-violation-of-crt-ban\">banning of Critical Race Theory<\/a> in public schools, the removal of \u201cliterary classics\u201d from libraries for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/virginia-mother-who-exposed-pornographic-reading-material-in-curriculum-barred-from-entering-high-school-library\">explicit sexual content<\/a>, and parents \u201ctrying to shield students\u201d from the topics of mental health and suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of the problem is that parents think they have the right to control teaching and learning because their children are the ones being educated,\u201d Wyman wrote. \u201cBut it actually (gasp!) doesn\u2019t work that way.\u201d She then likened parents taking issue with course materials to interfering with surgery because the patient is their child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeaching, too, is a science. Unless they\u2019re licensed and certified, parents aren\u2019t qualified to make decisions about curricula,\u201d she continued (emphasis added). \u201cIn fact, parental interference can actually hinder student advancement. An educator\u2019s primary goal is to teach students to think. Parents who attempt to influence curricula with their personal opinions, ideologies and biases hinder that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wyman went on to argue that only licensed professionals should be able to instruct students, citing the list of requirements needed to become a teacher, including years of college study, intensive examinations, and strict licensing requirements. She argued that these requirements are needed to become an effective teacher. \u201cAnyone can walk into a classroom with an understanding of (or at least an opinion about) the content,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut not everyone can succeed in teaching it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These qualifications, the credentialed expertise of professional teachers, is why, according to Wyman, \u201cthe ceaseless effort of parents and politicians to shape curricula by targeting book selection, the type of history taught in classrooms and even specific terms used in classrooms should be ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese distractions are nothing more than theater, and school boards and administrators should be protecting their teachers \u2014 and students \u2014 from it rather than bowing to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a professor of teacher education and someone who works with teachers in classrooms, I can say with authority that our nation\u2019s children are in good, educated and capable hands \u2014 no matter what some parents and politicians appear determined to believe,\u201d Wyman concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[P]arents, community members and politicians who aren\u2019t qualified to teach should keep their noses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned parents and political leaders \u201cshould keep their noses out of school curricula,\u201d according to a columnist at NBC News.\u201cParents and politicians across the country are interfering with the curricula that public schools use to teach students,\u201d author and professor of teacher education Christina Wyman wrote in NBC News\u2019 THINK newsletter. She concerned herself chiefly with the banning of Critical Race Theory in public schools, the removal of \u201cliterary classics\u201d from libraries for explicit sexual content, and parents \u201ctrying to shield students\u201d from the topics of mental health and suicide.\u201cPart of the problem is that parents think they have the right to control teaching and learning because their children are the ones being educated,\u201d Wyman wrote. \u201cBut it actually (gasp!) doesn\u2019t work that way.\u201d She then likened parents taking issue with course materials to interfering with surgery because the patient is their child.\u201cTeaching, too, is a science. Unless they\u2019re licensed and certified, parents aren\u2019t qualified to make decisions about curricula,\u201d she continued (emphasis added). \u201cIn fact, parental interference can actually hinder student advancement. An educator\u2019s primary goal is to teach students to think. Parents who attempt to influence curricula with their personal opinions, ideologies and biases hinder that goal.\u201dWyman went on to argue that only licensed professionals should be able to instruct students, citing the list of requirements needed to become a teacher, including years of college study, intensive examinations, and strict licensing requirements. She argued that these requirements are needed to become an effective teacher. \u201cAnyone can walk into a classroom with an understanding of (or at least an opinion about) the content,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut not everyone can succeed in teaching it.\u201dThese qualifications, the credentialed expertise of professional teachers, is why, according to Wyman, \u201cthe ceaseless effort of parents and politicians to shape curricula by targeting book selection, the type of history taught in classrooms and even specific terms used in classrooms should be ignored.\u201d\u201cThese distractions are nothing more than theater, and school boards and administrators should be protecting their teachers \u2014 and students \u2014 from it rather than bowing to it.\u201d\u201cAs a professor of teacher education and someone who works with teachers in classrooms, I can say with authority that our nation\u2019s children are in good, educated and capable hands \u2014 no matter what some parents and politicians appear determined to believe,\u201d Wyman concluded.\u201c[P]arents, community members and politicians who aren\u2019t qualified to teach should keep their noses out of school curricula. A teacher\u2019s main goal should be to teach children to think for themselves, and parents\u2019 dictating the curriculum interferes with the nurturing of that independence.\u201dWyman\u2019s comments come as several states have already banned Critical Race Theory in public school curricula. As previously reported by The Daily Wire, North Dakota became the latest state to ban Critical Race Theory in public schools after Governor Doug Burgum signed a bill into law Friday. North Dakota joins eight other states that have already banned CRT in schools, according to the Brookings Institution.The comments also channeled the sentiment of failed Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, who infamously said, \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach\u201d at a debate in October. McAuliffe\u2019s Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, went on to win the election on November 2 in surprising fashion, running on a platform focused mainly on education issues.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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