{"id":435459,"date":"2021-04-20T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=435459"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:50:49","slug":"grace-church-teacher-relieved-following-scathing-op-ed-on-schools-anti-racism-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grace-church-teacher-relieved-following-scathing-op-ed-on-schools-anti-racism-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Church Teacher \u2018Relieved\u2019 Following Scathing Op-Ed On School\u2019s \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fgrace-church-teacher-relieved-following-scathing-op-ed-on-schools-anti-racism-training%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=435459&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\/04\/fb_image-2943.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>A high school math teacher at an elite private school was \u201crelieved\u201d of his teaching duties for the rest of the semester after penning an opinion article about the \u201canti-racism\u201d curriculum being pushed at the school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On April 13, math teacher Paul Rossi published an article titled, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/i-refuse-to-stand-by-while-my-students\"><span>I Refuse to Stand By While My Students Are Indoctrinated<\/span><\/a><span>,\u201d in journalist Bari Weiss\u2019s \u201cCommon Sense\u201d Substack letter. The article detailed how Rossi publicly questioned race-based ideologies, such as \u201ccritical race theory,\u201d within his school and was subsequently reprimanded by school leadership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI raised questions about this ideology at a mandatory, whites-only student and faculty Zoom meeting,\u201d Rossi said. \u201cI also questioned whether one must define oneself in terms of a racial identity at all. My goal was a model for students that they should feel safe to question ideological assertions if they felt moved to so.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rossi argued that the critical pedagogy pushed on faculty and students is harming their ability to speak freely in the classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a teacher, my first obligation is to my students,\u201d Rossi wrote. \u201cBut right now, my school is asking me to embrace \u2018antiracism\u2019 training and pedagogy that I believe is deeply harmful to them and to any person who seeks to nurture the virtues of curiosity, empathy, and understanding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following his letter, Rossi received threats from a member of the Grace Church community. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/16\/nyc-private-school-tells-whistleblowing-teacher-to-stay-home\/\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a><span>, the head of school, George Davison, told Rossi to stay home for his own safety. Rossi believed that Davison used the threats as a pretext to bar him from the school, as the head of the school had said that Rossi\u2019s philosophical challenges caused \u201charm\u201d to students.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On April 18, Davison sent a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/content\/grace-church-whistleblower\/an-update-and-a-parent-communication.pdf\"><span>letter<\/span><\/a><span> to the Grace Church community announcing that Rossi would no longer be a teacher at the school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe response from the school community about Paul Rossi has been clear and strong concerning his lapses in professionalism,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cStudents have requested to be removed from his classes in light of his published demeaning comments that the school has cultivated in them \u2018despondency, resentment, and moral superiority.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the Substack article, Rossi said that he knew that there would be consequences for publishing his thoughts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI know that by attaching my name to this I\u2019m risking not only my current job but my career as an educator, since most schools, both public and private, are now captive to this backward ideology,\u201d Rossi said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR), the head of the school also claimed that Rossi had \u201cmisquoted\u201d him in his article. FAIR released <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/gracechurch\/\"><span>audio<\/span><\/a><span> from a conversation between Rossi and Davison that confirmed the quotes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Grace Church is among many prestigious private schools in New York City under fire from faculty and parents for pushing \u201canti-racism\u201d on students. The headmaster at the Dalton School <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/headmaster-at-elite-new-york-private-school-resigns-following-schools-embrace-of-anti-racism\"><span>resigned<\/span><\/a><span> following parental pushback for the school\u2019s embrace of progressive politics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the Brearley School, an elite all-girls private school on the Upper East Side, a father penned a letter decrying the school\u2019s embrace of \u201canti-racism.\u201d The father explained in 1,700 words why he was pulling his daughter, who had been enrolled since kindergarten, from the school.\u00a0<\/span><\/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>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high school math teacher at an elite private school was \u201crelieved\u201d of his teaching duties for the rest of the semester after penning an opinion article about the \u201canti-racism\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276311,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2943.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Grace Church Teacher \u2018Relieved\u2019 Following Scathing Op-Ed On School\u2019s \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2943.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Grace Church Teacher \u2018Relieved\u2019 Following Scathing Op-Ed On School\u2019s \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}