{"id":212624,"date":"2021-03-11T17:44:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=212624"},"modified":"2021-03-11T17:44:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:44:54","slug":"blue-state-residents-oppose-woke-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-residents-oppose-woke-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue State Residents Oppose Woke Education"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fblue-state-residents-oppose-woke-education%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=212624&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\/03\/fb_image-371.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Illinoisans oppose teaching woke doctrines in the state&#8217;s public K-12 schools and universities, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000178-1fbd-d7b4-a3ff-dfff9daf0000&amp;nname=illinois-playbook&amp;nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&amp;nrid=0000014e-f10c-dd93-ad7f-f90d23080000&amp;nlid=639163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> of the blue state&#8217;s residents found.<\/p>\n<p>The American Council of Trustees and Alumni commissioned the poll, which found that nearly 50 percent of Illinoisans want students to learn that America is the world&#8217;s first free and democratic nation. Only 37.8 percent said the state&#8217;s schools should teach that the United States is systemically racist. And more than 60 percent of respondents were favorable toward teaching America&#8217;s founding principles at the university level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Campus<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/blue-state-residents-oppose-woke-education\/\"><strong>Blue State Residents Oppose Woke Education<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/law-school-deans-chastise-student-body-as-too-white\/\"><strong>Law School Deans Chastise Student Body as Too White<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/president-of-taxpayer-funded-antiracist-group-funneled-nearly-300k-to-husbands-law-firm\/\"><strong>President of Taxpayer-Funded Antiracist Group Funneled Nearly $300K to Husband&#8217;s Law Firm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The poll comes as Illinois Democrats push to replace current standards with radical curricula in state schools. The Illinois State Board of Education board in February&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoispolicy.org\/illinois-lawmakers-approve-controversial-culturally-responsive-teaching-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved<\/a> a set of learning standards that ask teachers to assess their biases and &#8220;mitigate&#8221; behaviors that stem from &#8220;unearned privilege&#8221; and &#8220;Eurocentrism.&#8221; Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker on Monday rubber-stamped a bill that established an &#8220;Inclusive American History Commission&#8221; to ensure the education of &#8220;non-dominant cultural narratives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The poll reveals a rift between the state&#8217;s Democratic politicians and their constituents. Most of the poll&#8217;s 800 respondents said they were Democrats and voted for President Joe Biden in November. Less than a quarter of respondents said they were Republican.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of respondents said they support free speech and merit-based college admissions practices over affirmative action or racial quotas. Only 26.5 percent of those polled said universities should combat white supremacy and systemic racism through education.<\/p>\n<p>The respondents also largely objected to &#8220;canceling&#8221; historical figures deemed to have held racist views. Forty-five percent oppose renaming buildings on college campuses bearing the names of people deemed racist by present standards, who have in recent cases included Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Butcher, an education fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said Illinois residents are in line with national trends. Parents and school boards, regardless of political affiliation, largely disapprove of efforts to radicalize K-12 education and teach students a pessimistic view of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think what parents are trying to say is they don&#8217;t want schools to handle these sensitive ideas of character,&#8221; Butcher told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;I think they do. But I think they are rightfully fearful because critical theory is so intent on characterizing people on skin color and ethnicity instead of measures of character or merit. They are rightfully afraid that it will create a negative view of their community and even their country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many Illinois residents said they disapproved of the state\u2019s education system. The K-12 system is &#8220;worse than good,&#8221; according to 47.7 percent of respondents. And more respondents said they held unfavorable views of Governor Pritzker.<\/p>\n<p>Several other states have also taken steps to make K-12 and higher education curricula more woke. The North Carolina Board of Education in February&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/north-carolina-approves-new-radical-history-curriculum-for-k-12-students\/\">approved<\/a> new history standards to teach fourth-grade students how &#8220;revolution, reform, and resistance&#8221; shaped the state. A draft of the new ethnic studies&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article233795107.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">curriculum<\/a> in California excludes anti-Semitism from studies on historically marginalized groups yet backs the the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. It also teaches students to &#8220;resist&#8221; the &#8220;Eurocentric neocolonial condition,&#8221; which includes Christianity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinoisans oppose teaching woke doctrines in the state&#8217;s public K-12 schools and universities, a new poll of the blue state&#8217;s residents found. 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