{"id":2515611,"date":"2025-11-29T08:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-public-schools-teachers-union-teaches-interrupting-whiteness\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:00:54","slug":"this-is-why-you-cant-trust-public-schools-teachers-union-teaches-interrupting-whiteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-public-schools-teachers-union-teaches-interrupting-whiteness\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why You Can&#8217;t Trust Public Schools: Teachers Union Teaches &#8216;Interrupting Whiteness&#8217;"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fthis-is-why-you-cant-trust-public-schools-teachers-union-teaches-interrupting-whiteness%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=2515611&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--><p>Minnesota&#8217;s largest teachers union, Education Minnesota, has faced criticism for offering professional advancement courses focused on topics such as &#8220;Interrupting Whiteness,&#8221; LGBTQ+ training, racial equity, and cultural competency. These trainings, available to union members upon request, aim to address systemic racism and promote racial and social justice within the education system. Educators in Minnesota are required to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teachers-now-required-to-pass-native-american-cultural-competency-training\/\" title=\"Minnesota teachers must now pass Native American ... ....\">complete cultural competency training<\/a> to renew their teaching licenses, covering subjects like systemic racism and gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The union&#8217;s materials also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >include resources opposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bronx-judge-orders-trump-to-give-videotaped-deposition-in-protest-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Bronx Judge Orders Trump to Give Videotaped Deposition in Protest Lawsuit\">anti-immigrant rhetoric<\/a><\/a> and claim that some politicians disproportionately use police to monitor and punish minority students in underfunded schools, while better-resourced schools serving mostly white students receive enrichment opportunities. Education Minnesota frames its efforts as a fight against racial inequities and highlights events like the murder of George floyd and challenges to honest education.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these initiatives, criticism arises amid concerning academic performance statistics: in 2024, over half of Minnesota&#8217;s 4th graders scored below national proficiency standards, and large percentages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-vs-red-2022-test-scores-show-devastating-toll-of-school-shutdowns\/\" title=\"Blue Vs. Red: 2022 Test Scores Show Devastating Toll Of School Shutdowns\">8th graders scored<\/a> below proficient in math and reading. Democratic Governor tim Walz has supported laws funding race-based teacher training and ethnic studies starting from kindergarten, further fueling debate over education priorities and methods in the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&rsquo;s largest teachers union is under fire this week over its &ldquo;professional development&rdquo; courses on topics such as &ldquo;Interrupting Whiteness&rdquo; and &ldquo;LGBTQ+ Training.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/educationminnesota.org\/resources\/professional-development\/mea-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">racial equity trainings<\/a>&rdquo; can be brought &ldquo;to your building&rdquo; when requested by Education Minnesota members, the union website explains, and offer instruction on topics like &ldquo;Culturally Responsive Teaching With a Racial Justice Lens&rdquo; and &ldquo;Cultural Competency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Educators in the state are <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/pelsb\/current-educators\/trainings\/cct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">required<\/a> to fulfill a &ldquo;cultural competency&rdquo; training in order to renew their teaching licenses, which can include topics such as &ldquo;Systemic Racism,&rdquo; &ldquo;Gender Identity, Including Transgender Students,&rdquo; &ldquo;Language Diversity,&rdquo; and more, according to the state government page.<\/p>\n<p>The union website features similar content across the board, offering materials on &ldquo;anti-immigrant rhetoric,&rdquo; various &ldquo;anti-racism&rdquo; resources, and a &ldquo;racial and social justice&rdquo; page <a href=\"https:\/\/educationminnesota.org\/advocacy\/racial-and-social-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> &ldquo;certain politicians&rdquo; are using police officers against minority students.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most of us believe that every child, no matter what they look like or where they come from, deserves a safe and welcoming school where they can thrive,&rdquo; it says. &ldquo;But certain politicians try to divide us by sending police to monitor and punish Black and brown students in schools that have been denied funding to even cover the basics, while ensuring well-resourced schools with mostly white students have enrichment activities, teacher training, and parent engagement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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series, designed to &ldquo;disrupt systemic racism and racial inequities in Minnesota&rsquo;s education system.&rdquo; The union operates a &ldquo;Racial Equity Advocate network&rdquo; and offers &ldquo;Equity EdCamps.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Education Minnesota did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation&rsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 550px; margin: auto;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just want Minnesota kids to be able to read and write at grade level.<\/p>\n<p>The Teacher&rsquo;s Union: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oARRWvc5u3\">https:\/\/t.co\/oARRWvc5u3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrageDustin\/status\/1994112227863933262?\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/rc.education.mn.gov\/#NAEP\/orgId--999999000000__groupType--state__subject--M__year--2024__grade--04__p--1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than half<\/a> of 4th-grade students in Minnesota tested below the national proficiency standard in 2024. About 66 percent of 8th-grade students tested below proficient in math in the same year, and 72 percent tested below proficient in reading.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former vice presidential nominee, signed a law in 2024 that funded race-based teacher trainings and aimed to increase the number of &ldquo;diverse&rdquo; teachers in schools. In 2023, Walz signed a law requiring schools to offer &ldquo;ethnic studies&rdquo; courses, introducing children to racially divisive topics beginning in kindergarten.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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