{"id":584300,"date":"2021-07-06T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584300"},"modified":"2021-07-06T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:06:23","slug":"nations-largest-teachers-union-scrubs-website-of-pledge-to-teach-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nations-largest-teachers-union-scrubs-website-of-pledge-to-teach-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation\u2019s Largest Teachers Union Scrubs Website Of Pledge To Teach 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\">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%2Fnations-largest-teachers-union-scrubs-website-of-pledge-to-teach-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=584300&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\/07\/Anti-CRT-Poster.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The nation\u2019s largest teachers union scrubbed its website of an agenda item that announced a campaign to push critical race theory \u2014 the ideology that dubs America as irredeemably racist \u2014 in all 50 states across more than 14,000 school districts that the union works with.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the July 4th holiday weekend, the National Education Association (NEA) held its annual representative assembly. The union passed an agenda item that pledged to \u201cshare and publicize\u201d \u201cinformation already available on critical race theory (CRT) \u2014 what it is and what it is not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following negative press coverage of the resolution from primarily right-of-center news outlets, Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action, uncovered that the NEA removed the agenda item from its website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.041666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING\ud83d\udea8 <\/p>\n<p>3 days after their annual meeting concludes, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEAToday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NEAToday<\/a>, the nation\u2019s largest teacher\u2019s union, scrubs the agenda items announcing their nationwide campaign to push CRT from their website.<\/p>\n<p>Why are they covering up their support for CRT? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uWZomRt2dV\">pic.twitter.com\/uWZomRt2dV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Anderson (@JessAnderson2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessAnderson2\/status\/1412492822826127363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The passage of the agenda item flew in the face of several Democrats and many in the mainstream media who claim that critical race theory <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-5-ways-the-media-is-trying-to-mislead-you-on-critical-race-theory\"><span>doesn\u2019t exist<\/span><\/a><span>. Reason columnist Robby Soave <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/07\/06\/critical-race-theory-nea-taught-in-schools\/\"><span>opined<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cmany progressives rested their entire defense of CRT on the idea that it\u2019s a very narrowly defined aspect of elite law school training.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former Virginia Governor and current gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said that critical race theory is \u201canother right-wing conspiracy theory\u201d that was \u201ctotally made up by Donald Trump.\u201d A former ThinkProgress employee <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/popular.info\/p\/1-truth-and-3-lies-about-critical\">said<\/a> that<\/span><span> the idea that critical race theory is taught in K-12 schools a lie.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MSNBC has perpetuated the myth that critical race theory is a hoax as well. \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Chuck Todd called critical race theory \u201cmanufactured,\u201d while anchor Joy Reid accused leading anti-CRT activist Christopher Rufo of \u201cmaking up your own thing, labeling it something that already existed as a name, slapped that brand name on it, and turned it into a successful political strategy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The resolution seemingly ignored the several states that passed legislation banning educators from teaching critical race theory as fact in public school classrooms. Idaho, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Florida, and Iowa have passed such legislation, though thousands of teachers nationwide have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-the-thousands-of-teachers-who-say-theyre-willing-to-violate-law-to-keep-pushing-crt\"><span>pledged<\/span><\/a><span> to continue teaching the ideology.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nations-largest-teachers-union-says-it-will-teach-critical-race-theory-in-all-50-states-1400-school-districts\"><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span> reporting, the NEA\u2019s original agenda item promised to create a team of staffers dedicated to providing members with information about how to \u201cfight back against anti-CRT rhetoric\u201d and \u201cshare information with other NEA members as well as their community members.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The NEA also vowed to \u201coppose attempts to ban critical race theory\u201d and the New York Times\u2019 \u201c1619 Project,\u201d which has been scrutinized by historians as ahistorical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The resolution also insists that the NEA\u2019s president make public statements in the media \u201cthat support racial honesty in education including but not limited to critical race theory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a separate business item, the union promised to create an opposition research hub against organizations that oppose critical race theory. According to the business items, implementing the newfound critical race theory strategy and subsequent task forces would cost the union an additional $127,600.&nbsp;<\/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>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation\u2019s largest teachers union scrubbed its website of an agenda item that announced a campaign to push critical race theory \u2014 the ideology that dubs America as irredeemably racist &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314108,"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\/07\/Anti-CRT-Poster.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Nation\u2019s Largest Teachers Union Scrubs Website Of Pledge To Teach Critical Race Theory","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Anti-CRT-Poster.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Nation\u2019s Largest Teachers Union Scrubs Website Of Pledge To Teach Critical Race Theory","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584300","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=584300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}