{"id":1188587,"date":"2022-01-04T20:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T01:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188587"},"modified":"2022-01-04T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T01:35:42","slug":"schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools Got $130B To Re-Open. Some Of It Went To CRT. Now Many Are Closed."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fschools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed%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=1188587&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>Many schools are not resuming classes as the year begins, citing COVID-19, after spending some of the $130 billion schools received for reopening on Critical Race Theory-infused initiatives instead, a review of funding applications shows.<\/p>\n<p>On President Joe Biden\u2019s first day in office, he told Americans that delivering $130 billion in supplementary funding to schools through his American Rescue Plan (ARP) would \u201cprovide schools the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/legislation\/2021\/01\/20\/president-biden-announces-american-rescue-plan\/\">resources they need<\/a> to reopen safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can [open schools] if we give school districts, communities, and states the clear guidance they need as well as the resources they will need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/02\/08\/965261743\/biden-administration-proposes-130-billion-to-help-schools-reopen\">NPR<\/a> blared: \u201cBiden Administration Proposes $130 Billion To Help Schools Reopen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said \u201cthere\u2019s no replacement for having kids in the classroom. We need to get our schools to re-open as quickly and as safely as possible. Now, my Republican colleagues have made a lot of noise about re-opening our schools, but they don\u2019t want to dedicate any resources to actually getting it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They got the money. Yet this month, schools in numerous districts will be <a href=\"https:\/\/info.burbio.com\/school-tracker-update-latest\/\">closed<\/a>, citing an inability to deal with the Omicron variant, despite receiving money that could have gone towards mitigation, protection, and preventative measures. That, it turns out, could be in part due to a bait-and-switch, with money passed into law under the guise of public health being used for racial ideology instead.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the Department of Education published <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/documents\/coronavirus\/lost-instructional-time.pdf\">strategies<\/a> for using the money. \u201cRebuilding from COVID-19 is an opportunity,\u201d the document said, for a \u201cculture shift\u201d and the \u201cestablishment of equitable practices\u2026 One example of how a district is using a performance assessment in a culturally and linguistically responsive way is the Chicago Public School\u2019s Curriculum Equity Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.edu\/strategic-initiatives\/moving-forward-together\">Chicago<\/a> <\/strong>earmarked $32 million of ARP money to a \u201ccomprehensive, culturally responsive curriculum\u201d developed \u201cthrough the Curriculum Equity Initiative.\u201d The union is voting Tuesday on whether to switch to remote learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/MPS-English\/CFO\/ESSER\/ESSER-III-Booklet\/ESSERIIIUpdatedProposedDraftBudgetDetail-revised10.12.21.pdf\">Milwaukee<\/a> <\/strong>allocated $24 million of its ARP money to \u201cSocial Emotional Learning,\u201d including $100,000 for \u201cAnti-Racism and Bias Professional Development.\u201d It will not be conducting classes in person until at least <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2022\/jan\/03\/omicron-upends-return-to-us-schools-and-workplaces\/\">January 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A review of the proposals submitted by states and approved by the federal government shows that their plans for supposed coronavirus money are littered with CRT-infused ideas. For example:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/08\/California-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\">California<\/a><\/strong> earmarked $1.5 billion to provide school districts with \u201ctraining resources for classified, certificated, and administrative school staff in specified high-need topics, including accelerated learning, re-engaging students, restorative practices, and implicit bias training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/06\/New-York-ARP-ESSER-Application.pdf\">New York\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> relief plan said it believed \u201copportunities to learn are greatly expanded for all students when strong principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are present and operative in a district or school.\u201d It referenced teaching students about \u201cprivilege\u201d and \u201ctheir identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This filtered down into local school districts. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corningareaschools.com\/docs\/district\/Corning%20ARP%20ESSER-2%20Full%20Application%20APPROVED.pdf\">Corning-Painted Post School District<\/a> <\/strong>said it would use ARP money to pay the Equity Collaborative, a consultant best known for its work in Loudoun County, Virginia, and which preaches the \u201c5 tenets of critical race theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffaloschools.org\/cms\/lib\/NY01913551\/Centricity\/Domain\/10232\/SUBMITTED%20ARP_ESSER%20Application.pdf\">Buffalo Public Schools<\/a> <\/strong>said it would spend $1.2 million of the money on its Office of Culturally &amp; Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, including hiring staff for \u201canti-racism\u201d and for \u201cemancipation curriculum materials.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/buffalo-public-school-teaching-elementary-students-to-question-nuclear-family-as-part-of-blm-integrated-curriculum-tucker\">Fox<\/a> reported in 2020 that the emancipation curriculum advocates to elementary school students \u201cthe disruption of Western nuclear family dynamics\u201d in favor of \u201cBlack Villages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/06\/Michigan-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\">Michigan<\/a><\/strong> promoted using an \u201cequity lens\u201d to apportion money, including spending it on \u201cprofessional development for all staff members in social emotional learning, trauma-informed care, and implicit bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It said it would spend it on a Culturally Responsive School Leadership Institute Academies (CRSLIA) program that \u201cchallenges Whiteness and hegemonic epistemologies in school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan schools that will open the 2022 year \u2014 the third year of coronavirus \u2014 online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/michigan\/2022\/01\/03\/some-michigan-schools-expecting-omicron-surge-go-online-cancel-classes\/\">include<\/a> Detroit, Ann Arbor, Oak Park, Lansing, Pontiac, and Southfield.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/09\/Virginia-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\"><strong>Virginia<\/strong><\/a> plans to spend money on a \u201cRoad Map to Equity,\u201d which draws from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/edequityva\/navigating-equity-book.pdf\">Ibram Kendi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/06\/Washington-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\">Washington state<\/a><\/strong> will allocate ARP funds with a \u201clens of educational equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/07\/Masschusetts-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan-Final.pdf\">Massachusetts<\/a><\/strong> said it would hire race consultants like the Kaleidoscope Collective for Learning to \u201cengag[e] in robust agency-wide anti-racism training\u201d and use \u201ca portion of the ARP ESSER funds to\u2026create a culturally responsive, anti-racist and welcoming environment\u201d in schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/08\/Minnesota-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\">Minnesota<\/a><\/strong> said it would use the money not to just to address COVID, but also \u201cracial stressors,\u201d \u201csocial inequities,\u201d and \u201cgender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/06\/Oregon-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\">Oregon<\/a><\/strong> said bluntly that it has \u201cincorporated an equity informed, antiracist stance and anti-oppressive stance throughout this application and intends to continue this practice as we implement the programs described in this application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/07\/Nevada-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan.pdf\">Nevada<\/a><\/strong> said it would spend ARP funding on \u201cEquity and diversity training and professional development for school staff,\u201d including $380,000 for \u201crestorative justice\/practices\u201d trainers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washoeschools.net\/site\/handlers\/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=43366&amp;dataid=56409&amp;FileName=ARP%20ESSER%20III%20Use%20of%20Funds%20Plan%20%20FINAL.pdf\"><strong>Washoe County<\/strong><\/a> said it would use ARP funding to hire an \u201cEquity and Diversity Specialist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/07\/Rhode-Island-ARP-ESSER-State-Plan-Final.pdf\">Rhode Island<\/a><\/strong> said it would \u201cCenter all actions from an orientation of cultural responsiveness and antiracism that promotes SEL and wellness\u201d and \u201caddress\u2026the deep systemic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many schools are not resuming classes as the year begins, citing COVID, after spending some of the $130 billion schools received to re-opening in the face of the virus on critical race theory-infused initiatives instead, a review of state funding applications 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