{"id":568150,"date":"2021-06-18T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568150"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T19:52:20","slug":"rhode-island-teacher-offered-extra-credit-to-students-who-testified-on-bill-banning-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-teacher-offered-extra-credit-to-students-who-testified-on-bill-banning-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island Teacher Offered Extra Credit To Students Who Testified On Bill Banning Critical Race Theory"},"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\">32<\/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%2Frhode-island-teacher-offered-extra-credit-to-students-who-testified-on-bill-banning-critical-race-theory%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=568150&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\/06\/extra-credit.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Two Rhode Island teachers encouraged their students to testify against a bill that would ban critical race theory from the classroom. One teacher offered students extra credit in exchange for their testimony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March, the Rhode Island House of Representatives\u2019 Education Committee held a hearing on a bill related to critical race theory. According to the concerned parent organization <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/barrington-high-school-teacher-promises-bonus-points-for-students-who-testify-on-crt-bill\/\"><span>Parents Defending Education<\/span><\/a><span>, the group was notified that over 100 students from Barrington High School signed up to testify. However, fewer than 40 answered their phones when called to express their opinions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>PDE was told that \u201cone student answered the phone and admitted he did not have anything to say but had signed up because his teacher asked him to do so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The organization submitted a Freedom of Information request with Barrington High School and uncovered that two teachers sent emails to their students encouraging them to testify on the bill that they cast in a negative light.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Social studies teacher Alison Grieco offered students five extra credit points on their next exam if they signed up to testify.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI have just learned that H6070 is in committee in the RI House of Representatives. This bill essentially states that there should be no discussion of race or gender in classrooms \u2026 If you want to talk on this bill, you have only until 4PM today to sign up to talk,\u201d Greico wrote. \u201cI strongly urge you to testify on this bill tomorrow \u2026 As always, if you are a student in my class, you will receive 5 points on your next unit test if you decide to testify and provide me with your written testimony.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jennifer Bergevine, a colleague in the English department, also sent an email to students encouraging them to share their opinions about critical race theory for her testimony.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI just heard about H 6070 which is scheduled for hearing and consideration TOMORROW in front of the RI House Committee on Education,\u201d Bergevine said. \u201cEssentially it prohibits the teaching of \u2018divisive concepts\u2019 as well as prohibiting making \u2018any individual feel discomfort, guilty, anguish or any distress on account of their race or sex.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bergevine continued by claiming she would not be able to teach about race and gender if this bill passed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf this passes I would no longer be able to teach the unit on Race or Gender \u2026 As I prepare my [opposition] statement, I would like to be able to include student voices,\u201d Bergevine said. \u201cPlease feel free to share with me what you believe is the benefit of potentially \u2018divisive concepts\u2019 such as Race and Gender.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>PDE claims that the teachers were forcing their negative views of the bill onto their students by the way that the assignment was presented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following these accusations from PDE, Greico penned an email to Barrington High School\u2019s principal stating that she \u201cnever promoted one opinion over the other.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Superintendent Mike Messore told a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/news\/education\/2021\/06\/03\/teaching-race-barrington-questioned-parents-group\/7524159002\/\"><span>local news outlet<\/span><\/a><span> that students were not forced to partake in the testimony and claimed that the teachers were not making \u201ca political statement.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur government students are given an assignment every year. I looked at the assignment. Nowhere does it tell them what they have to do. Some students knew about the bill and they wanted to testify. The teacher wasn\u2019t looking to make a political statement,\u201d Messore said.\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>Two Rhode Island teachers encouraged their students to testify against a bill that would ban critical race theory from the classroom. 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