{"id":179501,"date":"2021-02-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=179501"},"modified":"2021-02-27T06:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T11:43:36","slug":"education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 4)"},"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\">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-4%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=179501&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\/Dr-Seuss.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Welcome back 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, the ideology that claims that America is irredeemably rooted in racism, and \u201cwoke\u201d culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>10. Harvard Club Cancels Event Set To Feature Expert On Cancel Culture \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/harvard-club-cancels-event-set-to-feature-expert-on-cancel-culture\/\"><strong>The College Fix<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>James Lindsay, the author of the book \u201cCynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity \u2014 and Why This Harms Everybody,\u201d was set to speak at an event for the Harvard Business School Club of New York. Lindsay\u2019s book addresses the topic of cancel culture. According to The College Fix, the school said it canceled the event with Lindsay because his ideas didn\u2019t \u201calign with the club\u2019s goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>9. Elite American University Remains In Alliance With The Chinese Communist Party \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elite-american-university-remains-in-alliance-with-the-chinese-communist-party\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Washington University-St. Louis joined an alliance with the Chinese Communist Party that helps the Chinese government grow its economy and influence. The university remains the only Northern American school to join the University Alliance of the Silk Road, which is an academic arm of the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>8. University of Texas Med School: Read Robin DiAngelo, Ta-Nehisi Coates, 1619 Project To Become \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/university-of-texas-med-school-read-robin-diangelo-ta-nehisi-coates-1619-project\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The University of Texas\u2019 Dell Medical School is promoting two racial equity challenges for students who wish to become \u201callies\u201d and \u201canti-racist.\u201d The medical school\u2019s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion launched the Dell Med Racial Equity Challenge \u2014 which lasts 21 days \u2014 and an \u201cally nudge\u201d initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>7. Student Columnist Calls White Peers Returning To Campus An \u2018Invasive Species\u2019 \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/student-columnist-calls-white-peers-returning-to-campus-an-invasive-species\/\"><strong>The College Fix\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A student at American University in Washington, D.C., referred to her white peers returning to campus as an \u201cinvasive species.\u201d The university announced that it would open temporary housing, which would allow 1,250 students to return to campus living for the remainder of the school year. In the publication The Eagle, a student reporter dubbed the housing a form of \u201csettler colonialism\u201d because the majority of students returning to campus will be \u201caffluent white students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>6. \u2018These Biological Males Are Just Taking It Away From Us\u2019: High School Girl Athlete Blasts Biden Administration For Abandoning Her Lawsuit \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/high-school-girl-athlete-blasts-biden-administration-for-abandoning-her-lawsuit\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The Biden administration\u2019s Department of Justice withdrew its support for a lawsuit brought by three high school female athletes that would block biological males from competing in girls\u2019 sports in Connecticut. One of the three girls who brought the lawsuit appeared on Fox News and said, \u201cfairness needs to be restored in our sport and all other women\u2019s sports \u2026 these biological males are just taking it away from us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>5. Cornell Charges Students $1,800 For Racially-Segregated Rock Climbing Class, Scrubs Website When Confronted \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=16847\"><strong>Campus Reform<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Cornell University changed the description for a racially-segregated rock climbing course after a student journalist confronted the university. According to a website archive, Cornell offered a course to students titled \u201cBIPOC Rock Climbing,\u201d restricted to people of color. After a contributor for Campus Reform brought the course to the university\u2019s attention, the school changed the course description.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. Harvard Launching App To Help Student Find Inclusive Bathrooms \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-launching-app-to-help-students-find-inclusive-bathrooms\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span>Harvard University is launching an app that will help students determine where gender-neutral bathrooms are located across campus. The program is called the Gender Inclusive Restroom Mapping project. According to a flyer obtained by The Washington Free Beacon, the university is seeking to \u201censure that all Harvard community members, including those who are transgender, gender nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming, have accurate and inclusive means of locating restrooms at Harvard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A Minnesota middle school showed 11-to-13-year-olds a video of a teacher praising a transgender activist and sex worker. On Friday, Feb. 19, a Minnetonka Middle School East Language Arts teacher praised Marsha P. John, who is a transgender activist and drag queen who worked as a sex worker, in his \u201cperson of the day\u201d video.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. Buffalo School District Tells Students That \u2018All White People Play A Part In Perpetuating Systemic Racism\u2019 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/buffalo-public-schools-critical-race-theory-curriculum\">City Journal<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span>Buffalo Public Schools diversity czar Fatima Morell created a new curriculum for middle and high schoolers, which teaches students that American society was designed for the \u201cimpoverishment of people of color and enrichment of white people.\u201d Students also learn that \u201call white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism\u201d and that \u201coften unconsciously, white elites work to perpetuate racism through politics, law, education, and the media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. Oh The Places The Woke Will Go: Dr. Seuss Canceled For \u2018Racial Undertones\u2019 \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/oh-the-places-the-woke-will-go-dr-seuss-canceled-for-racial-undertones\"><strong>The Daily Wire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A national educators organization told schools to avoid reading Dr. Seuss because the children\u2019s books allegedly have \u201cracial undertones.\u201d The Loudoun County Public School district announced that it will no longer recognize Dr. Seuss on his birthday, which is also known as \u201cRead Across America\u201d day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs we become more culturally responsive and racially conscious, all building leaders should know that in recent years there has been research revealing racial undertones in the books written and the illustrations drawn by Dr. Seuss,\u201d the district said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Got tips? Email me here:<\/span> <span>cclark@dailywire.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-3\"><strong>Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 3)<\/strong><\/a><\/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 back to Education Insanity, a weekly column updating you on the most insane events taking place in our nation\u2019s schools. 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