{"id":1142541,"date":"2021-12-22T14:49:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142541"},"modified":"2021-12-22T14:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T19:49:55","slug":"youngkin-appoints-education-secy-slams-crt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-appoints-education-secy-slams-crt\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin appoints education secy., slams CRT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fyoungkin-appoints-education-secy-slams-crt%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=1142541&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--><div id=\"attachment_2620024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2620024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2620024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/glen-655x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA - NOVEMBER 02: Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin claps after learning that polling numbers indicated that he was ahead in the Virginia Gubernatorial race Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on November 02, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. Virginians went to the polls Tuesday to vote in the gubernatorial race that pits Youngkin against Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/glen-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/glen-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/glen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/glen.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2620024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA \u2013 NOVEMBER 02: Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin claps after learning that polling numbers indicated that he was ahead in the Virginia Gubernatorial race Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on November 02, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:56 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, December 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The battle against critical race theory continues with Virginia Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin laying out a plan to take back education. Youngkin assured his education chief would make sure politics are kept out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent announcement, Youngkin appointed Aimee Guidera as education secretary and said she understands that parent\u2019s voices matter. Guidera is the former founder and chief executive of the \u201cData Quality Campaign,\u201d a leading national organization advocating for improved quality, accessibility and use of education data to increase student achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, speaking with the press this week, Youngkin said critical race theory wouldn\u2019t take center stage in Virginia public schools for long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna pull it out and teach all history. We\u2019re gonna make sure that Virginia\u2019s kids understand where we\u2019ve come from,\u201d said Youngkin. \u201cBut we\u2019re also gonna make sure our children aren\u2019t told to do everything from a lens of race.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I announced Aimee Rogstad Guidera as your next Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Aimee understands that Parents Matter &amp; will go to work on Day One to restore excellence in our education system by putting your children first.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ucJdojzt3W\">https:\/\/t.co\/ucJdojzt3W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1472966766733180935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He stressed public education would instead be focused on preparing students to solve problems in the real world and restoring excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen in Virginia over the last eight years is a degradation in standards and expectations, and as a result test scores dropping,\u201d Youngkin added.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin asserted this is the time to take a stand and listen to parent\u2019s concerns about left-wing ideology in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a moment for us to absolutely innovate in public school systems, particularly in our K-12 to start with,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Youngkin is set to step in as governor of Virginia on Jan. 15 after heavily campaigning on ending critical race theory in public schools.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/secy-of-state-blinken-gives-remarks-on-toys-for-tots-organization\/\">Secy. Of State Blinken Gives Remarks On \u2018Toys For Tots\u2019 Organization<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"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-1142541","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\/1142541","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\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142541\/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=1142541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}