{"id":1455945,"date":"2022-04-27T18:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455945"},"modified":"2022-04-27T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:59:47","slug":"biden-tells-teachers-children-are-yours-when-theyre-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-teachers-children-are-yours-when-theyre-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Tells Teachers: Children Are \u2018Yours When They\u2019re In The Classroom\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-tells-teachers-children-are-yours-when-theyre-in-the-classroom%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=1455945&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-27-at-5.45.56-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Joe Biden repeatedly told teachers gathered at the White House that school children are \u201clike yours when they\u2019re in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president spoke at a Teacher of the Year event held Wednesday where he\u00a0urged teachers to help students \u201cgain confidence enough to know what they can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not someone else\u2019s children, they\u2019re our children,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they are the kite strings that literally lift our national ambitions aloft. \u2026 Think about it. If you got to do one thing to make sure the nation succeeded in the next two generations, what would you do? I would say, literally, have the best-educated public in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden emphasized that \u201cwe have an obligation to help them \u2026 reach their potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have heard me say it many times about our children, but it is true, they\u2019re all our children. And the reason you are the teachers of the year is because you recognize that,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re not somebody else\u2019s children. They\u2019re like yours when they\u2019re in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The president\u2019s remarks come after uproar over gender identity and Critical Race Theory concepts being taught to children in both public and private schools. Largely exposed by virtual schooling during the pandemic, these concepts have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/17\/nbc-critical-race-theory-loudoun-county\/\">prompted a parental rebellion<\/a> against school boards across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Former Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/11\/03\/meet-the-parents-behind-youngkins-victory\/\">massive backlash<\/a> when he said on the campaign trail that he didn\u2019t think \u201cparents should be telling schools what they should teach\u201d \u2014 a remark that some have argued cost him the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, Joe, they are not \u2018somebody else\u2019s children,\u2019\u201d the American Principles Project fired back at the president in a Wednesday evening tweet. \u201cThey are OUR children.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden says to teachers about their students &#8220;they are not somebody else&#8217;s children. They&#8217;re yours when you&#8217;re in the classroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No, Joe, they are not &#8220;somebody else&#8217;s children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They are OUR children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A5wW3ytRQk\">pic.twitter.com\/A5wW3ytRQk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Principles \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@approject) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/approject\/status\/1519422747117596672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also honored teacher Kurt Russell, who works at Ohio\u2019s\u00a0Oberlin High School and was named the teacher of the year by the nonprofit Council of Chief State School Officers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/27\/politics\/biden-teacher-of-the-year-kurt-russell\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The publication reported that Russell teaches African American history, race, gender, and oppression courses, coaches varsity basketball, and serves as the faculty adviser for the school\u2019s Black Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeaching is one of the hardest jobs in this country,\u201d Biden said. \u201cToday, there are too many politicians trying to score political points trying to ban books \u2014 even math books. I mean, did you ever think \u2026 that when you\u2019d be teaching you\u2019d be worrying about book burnings and banning books? All because it doesn\u2019t fit somebody\u2019s political agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican teachers have dedicated their lives to teaching our children and lifting them up,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe ought to stop making them a target of the culture wars. That\u2019s where this is going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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