{"id":2019320,"date":"2023-09-01T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-administrators-admit-to-using-curriculum-service-newsela-to-bypass-crt-bans\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:49:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:49:40","slug":"school-administrators-admit-to-using-curriculum-service-newsela-to-bypass-crt-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-administrators-admit-to-using-curriculum-service-newsela-to-bypass-crt-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"School admins admit using Newsela to bypass CRT bans."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fschool-administrators-admit-to-using-curriculum-service-newsela-to-bypass-crt-bans%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=2019320&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--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: Undercover Footage Reveals\u2064 School Administrators Using Newsela to Circumvent\u200d Critical Race Theory Bans<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A conservative journalism organization that employs undercover tactics\u2063 has\u2063 uncovered a shocking\u2063 revelation: public school administrators\u200b across the country\u2064 are admitting to using Newsela, a\u200d curriculum service, to bypass state bans on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a video shared\u2062 exclusively with the Washington Examiner, Accuracy in Media \u2063captured\u2062 several administrators from different \u2064school districts openly discussing \u200btheir use of\u2063 Newsela to incorporate\u200d critical\u2062 race\u2062 theory concepts \u200binto \u2062their\u200c classrooms.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigating Critical Race Theory Bans<\/h3>\n<p>The investigations conducted \u200bby Accuracy \u200din Media focused primarily on\u2064 how school administrators were navigating\u200c the\u2062 bans \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-rip-the-woke-out-of-americas-armed-forces\/\" title=\"DeSantis unveils strategy to eliminate woke culture from US military.\">critical race \u200dtheory<\/a> in various\u200b states. States such as Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Idaho have all prohibited the teaching of\u2063 critical race theory in public schools. This theory, \u2063which originated in law schools, asserts that U.S. institutions \u2063and \u200cculture\u200d are inherently racist and oppressive towards racial minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Guillette, the president of Accuracy in Media, revealed in\u200c an interview with the Washington \u2062Examiner that a common pattern emerged \u2062during\u200c their undercover investigations. School administrators \u2062repeatedly mentioned Newsela as a means for teachers\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-administrators-admit-to-using-curriculum-service-newsela-to-bypass-crt-bans\/\" title=\"School admins admit using Newsela to bypass CRT bans.\">introduce critical race\u2064 theory ideas<\/a> into \u200cthe classroom,\u200c even in states where it is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;ve learned\u200c firsthand from administrators \u2064around the country is that\u200c if they&#8217;re in a state where they&#8217;re not allowed\u200b to\u200c teach\u200b the 1619 Project, they simply\u200d get the Newsela version\u200b of\u2063 it&#8230; and\u2063 parents are none the \u2063wiser,&#8221; \u2063Guillette explained.<\/p>\n<p>Guillette went\u2062 on to describe Newsela as a &#8220;Trojan horse&#8221; that advances the radical principles associated with critical race theory. He\u200c pointed\u2062 out the company&#8217;s partnerships with organizations such as the\u2063 Southern Poverty Law Center and the New York Times, which published the \u2063controversial 1619 \u200bProject, arguing that the true founding of the United States occurred in 1619 with the \u2064arrival of \u200bAfrican slaves.<\/p>\n<h3>Newsela: Adapting Content for Engaging Learning<\/h3>\n<p>According to its\u2062 website, Newsela\u200c takes\u200d authentic content from trusted sources, primarily news articles and written materials, and adapts them to different reading levels for students. The company\u200b prides\u200d itself on providing challenging yet\u2064 supportive material for every learner. With over 40 million registered students, Newsela \u200dhas become a popular resource for \u200dteachers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teachers love \u200dthat \u200bNewsela helps them create more engaging lessons that meet students\u200b where they are,\u200b and \u200cadministrators love having the \u2062assurance that every content choice teachers make is vetted,\u2064 aligned to standards, and contributing to learning,&#8221; the \u200bcompany states on its website.<\/p>\n<p>In one revealing clip \u200cfrom the Accuracy in Media videos, an\u200c administrator \u200bfrom an Indiana school district acknowledged \u2062Newsela&#8217;s \u2062partnerships with the Southern Poverty\u200c Law Center and the Howard \u200dZinn\u200b Education \u200bProject, admitting\u2063 that &#8220;our teachers know that but \u200dthey&#8217;re \u2063not\u2062 saying\u200c that out loud.&#8221; Another\u200c administrator from an Iowa district mentioned using Newsela\u2064 as a covert method to incorporate \u200ccritical race theory \u2062without detection.<\/p>\n<p>Newsela lists numerous partners on its website, including renowned\u2064 news outlets like the\u2062 New York Times, the \u2062Washington \u2062Post, the\u200c Associated \u200cPress, and the\u200d Guardian. Additionally, organizations such\u200d as Human \u2064Rights Watch, the Smithsonian Institution, the Council \u200bfor \u2062Economic Education, \u200dthe White House Historical Association, and Voices of a People&#8217;s History\u200b contribute\u2063 texts that Newsela adapts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the Southern Poverty \u200bLaw Center is not currently\u200d listed as \u200ba partner\u2062 on Newsela&#8217;s \u2064website, a 2021 blog post from \u200bthe company \u2063acknowledged the\u200c center&#8217;s Teaching\u2063 Tolerance initiative as a past partner involved in creating anti-bias\u200b and anti-racism lessons. Teaching Tolerance has since been \u2062renamed \u2062to Learning for Justice. Newsela also promoted the 1619 \u2063Project \u2064on social\u200d media in \u20622020.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached out to\u200d Newsela\u200b for comment regarding their partnership with the Southern\u2064 Poverty Law Center and whether\u200b they provide materials like the 1619 Project to school \u2064districts in states \u2062that have\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-bill-would-ban-critical-race-theory-training-in-armed-forces\/\" title=\"Cotton Bill Would Ban Critical Race Theory Training in Armed Forces\">banned critical race theory<\/a>. However, the company did not respond \u2064to the inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conservative journalism group, Accuracy in Media, has exposed public school administrators across the US admitting to using Newsela, a curriculum service, to circumvent state bans on critical race theory. 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