{"id":325141,"date":"2021-03-27T07:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=325141"},"modified":"2021-03-27T07:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T11:15:26","slug":"education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 8)"},"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\">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-8%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=325141&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-3916.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;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><b>10. Nebraska Department Of Education\u2019s New Health Standards Would Teach Kindergarteners About Gender Identity \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nebraska-department-of-educations-new-health-standards-would-teach-kindergarteners-about-gender-identity\"><b>The Daily Wire<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The Nebraska Department of Education released a new health education framework that would teach kindergarteners about sexual and gender identity. According to a draft of the \u201cHealth Education Standards,\u201d kindergarteners may soon be learning about \u201ccohabitating\u201d and same-sex couples in the classroom. Examples of different family structures include \u201csingle parent, blended, intergenerational, cohabitating, adoptive, foster, same-gender, interracial.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>9. UCLA Student Government Creates Fund To Pay Illegal Immigrants Who Serve In Student Government \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/ucla-student-government-creates-fund-to-pay-illegal-immigrants-who-serve-in-office\/\"><b>The College Fix<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The student government at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) passed legislation that will provide council members who are undocumented immigrants a financial stipend. UCLA\u2019s Student Association Council unanimously passed a $23,000 fund called the \u201cUndocuCouncil Member Stipend,\u201d which allows undocumented students to be financially compensated for their work on the student council.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>8. \u2018Fat Sex Therapist\u2019 Compares Fitness Trainers To Nazis, Children\u2019s Dieting To Sexual Assault \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=12142\"><b>Campus Reform<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A Minnesota college\u2019s Wellness Center and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Department hosted a \u201cFat Sex Therapist\u201d who claimed that putting children on a diet is akin to sexual assault. \u201cI experience diet culture as a form of assault because it impacts the way that I experience my body,\u201d said Sonalee Rashatwar during a two-hour discussion about \u201cradical fat liberation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>7. Kentucky Gov. Vetoes School Choice Bill Despite Sending Kids To Private School \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kentucky-gov-vetoes-school-choice-bill-despite-sending-kids-to-private-school\"><b>The Daily Wire<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>Kentucky\u2019s Democratic Governor Andy Beshear announced that he will veto a state-wide school choice bill, despite the fact that he sent his children to private schools. During a press conference, Beshear said he will nix the \u201cEducation Opportunity Account Program,\u201d which would allow Kentucky residents to take their school dollars to any school of their choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>6. Catholic High School Fires Teacher After She Disputes Cause Of George Floyd\u2019s Death \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/catholic-high-school-fires-teacher-after-she-disputes-cause-of-george-floyds-death\/\"><b>The College Fix<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>An Ohio Catholic high school theology teacher was fired after students released a video of her stating that George Floyd\u2019s cause of death was disputed. Bishop Ready High School teacher Deborah DelPrince was initially placed on administrative leave following her comments about Floyd. She was subsequently fired following media and student backlash.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>5. Professor Undergoes Mandatory Training For Tupac Shakur Reference \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=16942\"><b>Campus Reform<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville was forced to undergo a racial sensitivity training session for referencing a rapper\u2019s album that contained a racial slur in it. Africana studies professor Melissa Hargrove wrote the \u201cn-word\u201d above the acronym: \u201cNever Ignorant About Getting Goals Accomplished,\u201d when teaching about the title of a 1993 music album by rapper Tupac Shakur.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>4. San Fran Officials Demand School Board Member Resign After She Claimed Asians Use \u2018White Supremacist Thining\u2019 To \u2018Get Ahead\u2019 \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-fran-officials-demand-school-board-member-resign-after-she-claimed-asians-use-white-supremacist-thinking-to-get-ahead\"><b>The Daily Wire<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The Vice President of the San Francisco school board, Alison Collins, was asked to resign after tweets emerged showing Collins\u2019 \u201canti-Asian bias.\u201d The tweets show Collins accusing Asians of adopting \u201cwhite supremacist ideology\u201d and of working to become \u201cmodel minorities\u201d in order to take advantage of a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d system that she claims is typically biased against people of color.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. Ohio Public School Encourages Ninth-Graders To Read Graphic Sex Poetry \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ohio-public-school-encourages-ninth-graders-to-read-graphic-sex-poetry\"><b>The Daily Wire<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>A public high school in suburban Ohio is asking ninth-grade students to read a slam poetry book that discusses a young girl abandoning her Christian faith, talking to drug dealers, and partaking in sexual acts. Hilliard Bradley High School is requesting that ninth-grade English students read a slam poetry book entitled \u201cThe Poet X.\u201d The school has provided limited alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Teachers Union Honchos Infiltrate PTAs, Depriving Parents Of Their Own Group \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teachers-unions-infiltrate-pta\"><b>The Daily Wire<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The National Education Association (NEA) and the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) co-authored a letter opposing a push to open schools, writing, \u201cThe president should not be brazenly making these decisions.\u201d A Daily Wire review of tax filing and labor disclosures provides clues as to why: Across the county, there is evidence that PTAs have been hijacked not only by teachers, but by teachers\u2019 unions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Minnesota Government To Teach Children That Minnesota Government Oppresses Them \u2013 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/minnesotas-new-social-studies-curriculum-would-racialize-first-graders-teach-high-schoolers-about-the-evils-of-whiteness-capitalism-and-christianity\"><b>The Daily Wire<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span>The Minnesota Department of Education released a draft of its new social studies curriculum standards, which would racialize first-graders and teach high schoolers about the evils of \u201cwhiteness, capitalism, and Christianity.\u201d The Department of Education\u2019s standards committee has dubbed the new framework a \u201cmore inclusive approach to social studies education.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bonus: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-to-stop-critical-race-theory-in-your-local-schools-advice-from-a-school-board-member\"><b>How To Stop Critical Race Theory In Your Local Schools: Advice From A School Board Member&nbsp;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Got tips? Email me here: <\/span><span>cclark@dailywire.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-7\"><b>Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 7)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><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><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/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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