{"id":119447,"date":"2021-02-06T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119447"},"modified":"2021-02-06T06:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:28:42","slug":"education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 1)"},"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\">20<\/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%2Feducation-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-1%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=119447&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Georgetown-Campus-.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Welcome to Education Insanity, a weekly column updating you on the most insane events taking place in our nation\u2019s schools. Here, we\u2019ll delve into the growing presence of critical race theory (CRT), the ideology that claims that America is irredeemably rooted in racism, and \u201cwoke\u201d culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s get started.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>10. Yale University Requires Students to Quarantine Three Times Longer Than CDC Recommends \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/\"><strong>The College Fix<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Yale University is imposing a quarantine for returning students that is three times longer than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) recommendation, even for students who don\u2019t show symptoms in the first ten days.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>9. North Carolina Approves New Radical History Curriculum for K-12 Students \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/north-carolina-approves-new-radical-history-curriculum-for-k-12-students\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span>The North Carolina Board of Education passed revised standards that will implement elements of \u201ccritical race theory\u201d into K-12 history lessons. Second graders will now learn \u201chow various indigenous, religious, gender, and racial groups advocate for freedom and equality,\u201d while fourth-graders learn how \u201crevolution, reform, and resistance\u201d shaped North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>8. Schools Hire Classroom Monitors to Fulfill Void Created by Fully Vaccinated Teachers \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schools-hire-classroom-monitors-to-fill-void-created-by-fully-vaccinated-teachers\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>School districts in the metro-D.C. area are hiring classroom monitors to observe children who will return to school buildings while their fully vaccinated teachers remain remote. This is happening at both Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland and Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>7. Students at Elite New York School Launch Anonymous Social Media Campaign Denouncing Teachers as \u2018Racist,\u2019 \u2018Oppressors\u2019 \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/black-at-unis-campaign\"><strong>City Journal&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Students at New York\u2019s elite United Nations International School launched an anonymous social media campaign denouncing the school\u2019s teachers and administrators for their \u201cvast history of systemic racism,\u201d \u201cwhite liberal racist thinking,\u201d and \u201cdirect, intentional, repeated racial trauma.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>6. Washington University Professor Wants COVID Relief Plan \u2018Specifically for Racial Minorities\u2019 \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=16742\"><strong>Campus Reform<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A professor at Washington University in St. Louis advocated for a COVID-19 relief plan specifically targeted at black and Hispanic Americans. \u201cThis pandemic is proving to be an existential threat to [minorities\u2019] health and economic well-being,\u201d the professor said.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>5. Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The Montgomery County Public School district in Maryland spent more than $450,000 on an \u201canti-racist audit\u201d for the 2020-21 school year, which resulted in the district tentatively adopting policies that push \u201canti-racist thinking\u201d in preschool. The district also redefined the words \u201cdiscrimination\u201d and \u201cracism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. Tufts University Urges Rooting Out Racism Training for White, Christian Students \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=16727\"><strong>Campus Reform<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Tufts University promoted an event called \u201cRooting Out Racism: An Online Retreat for White Christian Folks.\u201d The event uses a 10-day \u201cpray-at-your-own pace\u201d model with audio reflections and prayer prompts that \u201cinvite white people to search their souls.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. D.C. Public Schools Use Black Lives Matter Curriculum to Teach Black History Month \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/d-c-public-schools-use-black-lives-matter-curricula\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>D.C. Public Schools announced Monday that it is participating in the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, a program that includes among its priorities \u201cdisrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement\u201d and allowing everyone \u2014 including six-year-olds \u2014 to \u201cchoose their own gender.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. San Francisco Sues Its Own School District over Reopening Plan \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\">The Daily Wire<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The city of San Francisco sued its own school board for not following state guidelines for reopening schools. The City Attorney sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District for refusing to release a \u201cmeaningful plan for how or when in-person\u201d learning will reopen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. San Francisco Teacher: Bernie Sanders\u2019 Mitten Oozed \u2018White Privilege, Male Privilege, and Class Privilege\u2019<\/strong> <span>\u2013<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2021\/02\/san-francisco-teacher-bernies-mittens-oozed-white-privilege-male-privilege-and-class-privilege\/\"><strong>Legal Insurrection<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Former University of California-Berkeley professor and current San Francisco teacher Ingrid Seyer-Ochi told her students that the Bernie Sanders memes were a form of privilege.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen [my students] saw Sen. Bernie Sander manifesting privilege, when seemingly no one else did, I struggled to explain that disparity,\u201d Seyer-Ochi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Got tips? Email me here:<\/span> <span>cclark@dailywire.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Education Insanity, a weekly column updating you on the most insane events taking place in our nation\u2019s schools. 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