{"id":1137750,"date":"2021-12-21T13:19:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137750"},"modified":"2021-12-21T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:19:57","slug":"survey-most-school-leaders-rate-parents-poor-or-fair-at-teaching-children-about-race-sex-lgbtq-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-most-school-leaders-rate-parents-poor-or-fair-at-teaching-children-about-race-sex-lgbtq-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Most School Leaders Rate Parents \u2018Poor\u2019 or \u2018Fair\u2019 at Teaching Children About Race, Sex, LGBTQ, Climate Change"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fsurvey-most-school-leaders-rate-parents-poor-or-fair-at-teaching-children-about-race-sex-lgbtq-climate-change%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=1137750&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 class=\"subheading\">A survey released Friday found that when K-12 school district leaders and teachers were asked about parents\u2019 ability to teach their children about controversial issues, the majority rated parents as either \u201cpoor\u201d or \u201cfair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Education Week\u2019s research center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/majority-of-educators-believe-parents-should-be-involved-in-curriculum-choices\/2021\/12?M=64251776&amp;U=3202527&amp;UUID=e8465deb6006e19aafc0c409a9859f5f&amp;\">published<\/a> a \u201cnationally representative\u201d survey of the views of 1,300 school district leaders and teachers.<\/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=\"9.0616740088106\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Educators are divided over whether they believe parents want them to teach about racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism, according to an EdWeek survey. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EY1Z42ajB2\">https:\/\/t.co\/EY1Z42ajB2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Education Week (@educationweek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/educationweek\/status\/1471949575925739529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked to rate the efforts of parents in their districts to teach their children about various controversial issues \u201cin a grade-level and age-appropriate way,\u201d in all of the topics presented in the survey, the majority of the district leaders and teachers rated parents as either \u201cpoor\u201d or \u201cfair\u201d in their ability to teach their children.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19211554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.39.08-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19211554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.39.08-AM.png\" alt=\"Teacher ratings of parents graphic. (Education Week).\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher ratings of parents graphic. (Education Week).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For example, 36 percent rated parents as \u201cpoor\u201d instructors on the topic of \u201crace and racism,\u201d and 32 percent rated parents as \u201cfair.\u201d Only 18 percent rated them as \u201cgood,\u201d and 5 percent as \u201cexcellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On the issue of sex education, 33 percent of district officials and teachers rated parents as \u201cpoor\u201d instructors of their children, and 35 percent rated them as \u201cfair.\u201d Only 19 percent rated parents as \u201cgood\u201d teachers of sex education.<\/p>\n<p>Of those surveyed, 48 percent rated parents as \u201cpoor\u201d teachers of LGBTQ issues and gender ideology, and 23 percent rated them as \u201cfair.\u201d Only 10 percent rated parents as \u201cgood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of antisemitism, 42 percent of the school leaders and teachers rated parents as \u201cpoor\u201d instructors, and 24 percent rated them as \u201cfair.\u201d In contrast, 15 percent rated parents as \u201cgood\u201d teachers while 5 percent rated them as \u201cexcellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked to rate parents as instructors of climate change, 41 percent of those surveyed rated them as \u201cpoor,\u201d and 25 percent rated them as \u201cfair.\u201d However, 19 percent rated them as \u201cgood.\u201d<\/p>\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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The survey also asked school leaders and teachers about parents\u2019 involvement in deciding curriculum and materials.<\/p>\n<p>Results indicated 63 percent said parents should be involved, with 50 percent stating parents should be \u201csomewhat involved\u201d in the selection, and 13 percent saying they should be \u201cvery involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, 16 percent said parents should be \u201cvery uninvolved,\u201d while 21 percent said they should be \u201csomewhat uninvolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.96875\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While some Democrats pretend racist Critical Race Theory (CRT) doesn&#8217;t even exist, others are fighting hard for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nr3u1zpI4T\">https:\/\/t.co\/nr3u1zpI4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457396374232723456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Assessing the actual state of parent involvement in their own schools, 39 percent of the leaders and teachers said parents are currently \u201cvery uninvolved,\u201d while 29 percent said they are \u201csomewhat uninvolved.\u201d But, 27 percent said they are \u201csomewhat involved,\u201d and 4 percent said they are \u201cvery involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those surveyed, 18 percent \u201ccompletely oppose\u201d parents being allowed to opt their children out of class material of which they disapprove, while 28 percent \u201csomewhat oppose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, 29 percent of the school leaders and teachers \u201csomewhat support\u201d allowing parents to opt their children out, while 25 percent \u201ccompletely support\u201d the practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey released Friday found that when K-12 school district leaders and teachers were asked about parents\u2019 ability to teach their children about controversial issues, the majority rated parents as &#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-1137750","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\/1137750","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=1137750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137750\/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=1137750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}