{"id":1121745,"date":"2021-12-15T13:43:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121745"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:43:55","slug":"districts-have-unprecedented-funds-to-teach-crt-via-social-and-emotional-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/districts-have-unprecedented-funds-to-teach-crt-via-social-and-emotional-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Districts Have \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 Funds to Teach CRT Via &#039;Social and Emotional Learning&#039;"},"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 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-yan-krukov-8613117-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Flooded with taxpayer dollars to fund social and emotional learning (SEL), K-12 school districts find themselves in a dilemma since SEL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/09\/social-emotional-learning-now-a-vehicle-for-critical-race-theory\/\">serves<\/a> as the primary vehicle for Critical Race Theory (CRT), an agenda that is unpopular with many American parents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/schools-face-fears-of-critical-race-theory-as-they-scale-up-social-emotional-learning\/2021\/12?utm_source=nl&amp;utm_medium=eml&amp;utm_campaign=eu&amp;M=64244998&amp;U=3202527&amp;UUID=e8465deb6006e19aafc0c409a9859f5f\">suggests<\/a> a report at <em>Education Week<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12.39608801956\">\n<p>On the one hand, interest in building or expanding SEL programs is surging among educators and parents, supported by an unprecedented infusion of billions of dollars in federal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/policy-politics\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-schools-and-covid-relief-funds\/2021\/09\">COVID-19 relief aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, school and district leaders are facing emotionally charged conversations with the public as states consider bills to limit teaching about \u201cdivisive subjects\u201d such as racism and sexuality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Education Week<\/em> adds some \u201cright wing political groups\u201d are tying SEL and \u201cequity\u201d to CRT, \u201cthough schools insist they are not\u201d linked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0281690140845\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As an admin for the largest school district in Indiana, here&#8217;s what we mean when we tell you that we aren&#8217;t &#8220;teaching&#8221; Critical Race Theory: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f6RLghcw2R\">pic.twitter.com\/f6RLghcw2R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTonus\/status\/1456229919986528258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Biden Department of Education planned to advance \u201cequity\u201d as a central focus of education in light of the \u201chistoric funding for schools\u201d in the American Rescue Plan earlier this year, Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/department-education-announces-actions-advance-equity-education\">announced<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our moment as educators and as leaders to transform our education systems so they are truly serving all of our nation\u2019s students,\u201d&nbsp;he said. \u201cWe must take bold action together to ensure our nation\u2019s schools are defined not by disparities, but by equity and opportunity for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The announcement followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2021\/04\/19\/2021-08068\/proposed-priorities-american-history-and-civics-education#print\">proposal<\/a>, in April, of a rule supporting the development of \u201cculturally responsive teaching\u201d in American history and civics.<\/p>\n<p>In its proposed rule, the U.S. Education Department held up the widely&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2020\/09\/21\/nolte-1619-projects-fires-off-new-lies-to-cover-up-old-lies\/\">discredited<\/a>&nbsp;New York Times\u2019&nbsp;\u201c1619 Project,\u201d which teaches the United States is fundamentally a racist nation, as a model for schools.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"2.5714285714286\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A0KFtzn9Rd\">https:\/\/t.co\/A0KFtzn9Rd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTonus\/status\/1470813434535194626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Using the pandemic to pivot to the issue of \u201cracial equity,\u201d the Biden education department said its plans \u201care part of the Department\u2019s ongoing efforts to implement President Biden\u2019s Day One&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government\/\">Executive Order<\/a>&nbsp;to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities across the federal government and build our schools and communities back better than before the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/docs\/20210608-impacts-of-covid19.pdf\">report<\/a> that underscored how the coronavirus pandemic delivered \u201cdisparate impacts\u201d on students in \u201cunderserved communities,\u201d the education department went to great lengths to name nearly every political identity group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 has deepened pre-pandemic disparities in access and opportunities facing students of color, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ students,\u201d the department asserted, stating the pandemic even placed students \u201cat heightened risk of sexual harassment, abuse and violence \u2013 particularly girls, women, and students who are transgender, non-binary, or gender non-conforming.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.521126760563\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TakeCharge, a black-led movement challenging Critical Race Theory (CRT) and woke culture, released data this week that obstructs the \u201cracial disparities\u201d narrative CRT proponents use to justify their agenda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6SeoUMxcbO\">https:\/\/t.co\/6SeoUMxcbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1396489188472655884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Biden education department also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/equity-summit-series-launch-registration-157257849461\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;a virtual \u201cEquity Summit Series\u201d that aimed to urge schools to \u201cinfuse equity into all of their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. Education Department, under both Democrat and Republican administrations, has held up&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/11\/study-social-and-emotional-learning-the-new-age-nanny-state\/\">social and emotional learning<\/a>, a form of \u201cpsychological training\u201d for children, as essential to in-school learning, public schools have essentially&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/04\/27\/historic-drop-u-s-reading-math-scores-common-core-debacle\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social\">failed<\/a>&nbsp;American students in the major academic areas of English, reading, and math.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Foundation researchers recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2021\/11\/28\/national-assessment-reveals-significant-drop-in-13-year-olds-reading-math-scores\/\">reported<\/a> that \u201cdespite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/10\/22\/school-spending-up-test-scores-down\/\">record-high education spending<\/a>\u201d in the United States over the past decade, the National Assessment of Educational Progress\u2019 2020 Long-Term Trend Assessment showed a statistically significant decline in 13-year-olds\u2019 reading and math scores. The Long-Term Trend Assessment covered a period of time that overlaps with another progressive reform intended to combat \u201cinequity,\u201d the Common Core State Standards.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6711409395973\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So Democrats want American parents to believe that racist Critical Race Theory (CRT) is not taught in most schools, but their pals at the radical Teacher&#8217;s Unions are going to court to fight laws banning the teaching of CRT? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I95MUsh4hh\">https:\/\/t.co\/I95MUsh4hh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1414354852998787073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As <em>Education Week<\/em> observes, however, SEL is big business, and school districts practically have money to burn right now:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12.824915824916\">\n<p>Between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years,&nbsp;district spending on SEL programming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/pandemic-racial-justice-fuel-surge-in-demand-for-social-emotional-learning\/2021\/10\">grew<\/a>&nbsp;about 45 percent, from $530 million to $765 million, according to a report by the consulting firm Tyton Partners and published with the Collaborative for Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning, or CASEL.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As attorney and education researcher Jane Robbins <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/02\/08\/how-socio-emotional-learning-became-another-vehicle-for-anti-white-racism-in-schools\/\">noted<\/a> at the Federalist in February, CASEL CEO Karen Niemi&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/niemi-casel-is-updating-the-most-widely-recognized-definition-of-social-emotional-learning-heres-why\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;last December her company revised its definition of and framework for SEL.<\/p>\n<p>Robbins wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10.261194029851\">\n<p>Woke-speak pervades the new direction. In contrast to the previous fairly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/01\/social-emotional-learning-new-education-fad\/\">anodyne definition<\/a>&nbsp;of SEL, the new one emphasizes student \u201cidentities\u201d and \u201cmarginalization,\u201d \u201cequity,\u201d \u201cjust communities,\u201d and the \u201ccollective\u201d rather than the individual.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.0321100917431\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who persistently denies CRT exists in schools, oversaw the Education Dept. in 2015 when it encouraged using CRT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/481zaMLyyS\">https:\/\/t.co\/481zaMLyyS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1449723332916617217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a June 2020 webinar titled \u201cSEL as a Lever for Equity and Social Justice,\u201d CASEL\u2019s Niemi and her colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UPWrnBA2274\">urged<\/a> the elimination of the \u201ccolor-blind\u201d approach in education which, traditionally, has been tied to \u201cequality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial-emotional learning must actively contribute to anti-racism,\u201d Niemi said. \u201cWe see SEL as a tool for anti-racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robbins noted, however:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>No decent person approves of racism, but the new concept of \u201canti-racism\u201d has a more sinister meaning. Under this system of ideas, white children are by definition oppressors, minority children (except, presumably, higher-achieving on average Asian children) are by definition oppressed, and all of education must devolve into a churning mass of guilt and resentment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CASEL\u2019s Niemi also pushed for SEL to motivate students to become equity activists, to \u201cmove from anger to agency and then to action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this&nbsp;will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/niemi-casel-is-updating-the-most-widely-recognized-definition-of-social-emotional-learning-heres-why\/\">come<\/a>&nbsp;from teaching children to \u2018examine prejudices and biases . . . [and] evaluate social norms and systemic inequities,\u2019\u201d Robbins pointed out, adding, \u201cForget teaching kids to play nice\u2014today\u2019s SEL intends to propel them into Antifa.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2203389830508\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parents have had ENOUGH of racist Critical Race Theory (CRT) being shoved down their children&#8217;s throats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GnVDg9oQdM\">https:\/\/t.co\/GnVDg9oQdM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1400944534536794122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the abundance of taxpayer dollars being funneled to SEL companies, Robbins observed that \u201cCASEL and its compatriots have apparently decided that SEL is now sufficiently entrenched in schools that they can pull back the curtain on the real purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re gambling that parents either won\u2019t realize what\u2019s happening or will feel too intimidated to object,\u201d she wrote back in February.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps parents have realized a lot more since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooded with taxpayer dollars to fund social and emotional learning (SEL), K-12 school districts find themselves in a dilemma since SEL serves as the primary vehicle for Critical Race Theory &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}