{"id":600492,"date":"2021-07-22T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600492"},"modified":"2021-07-22T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:35:25","slug":"report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Biden\u2019s Education Department Has Closer Ties To CRT Group Than They Admit"},"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%2Freport-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit%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=600492&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\/Masked-Schools-Getty-scaled-e1626972553994.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration called it an \u201cerror\u201d to promote a critical race theory (CRT) activist group\u2019s guide in a Department of Education (DOE) handbook meant for use in over 13,000 public school districts on reopening recommendations and policies,&nbsp;Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The activist group,&nbsp;Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN) has connections to at least two high-ranking officials in the Biden administration\u2019s DOE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/critical-race-theory-activist-education-department-connections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a> reported. It is unclear why ATN was mentioned in the April 2021 handbook and who added the link.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration DOE backtracked on the promotion and its link to the group in a statement&nbsp;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-walks-back-critical-race-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday which said,&nbsp;\u201cThe Department does not endorse the recommendations of this group, nor do they reflect our policy positions.&nbsp;It was an error in a lengthy document to include this citation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.9885714285714\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usedgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usedgov<\/a> responds to new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoxNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FoxNews<\/a> reporting<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDhgIqc9wM\">https:\/\/t.co\/BDhgIqc9wM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S5M32gcwoZ\">pic.twitter.com\/S5M32gcwoZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Emanuel \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MikeEmanuelFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeEmanuelFox\/status\/1417850570459729923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the known connections, DOE Deputy Education Secretary Cindy Marten was in charge of the San Diego school system when it had author, professor and co-founder of ATN, Bettina Love speak at an event in August 2020 for $11,000, according to an agreement and financial records, Fox News reported. Marten was nominated in February, but the handbook wasn\u2019t published until April, a month after she was confirmed to the DOE position.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Assistant Secretary Donna Harris-Aikens heads the office responsible for the DOE handbook and was a senior director at the largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), according to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/donna-harris-aikens-a95b054\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>, where Love <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.nea.org\/2020\/06\/26\/a-summer-of-justice-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke at an event<\/a> in June of 2020 that discussed \u201caddressing anti-Blackness and achieving educational freedom,\u201d Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The DOE&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/documents\/coronavirus\/reopening-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handbook<\/a> that details how schools can safely reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic linked to ATN\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/img1.wsimg.com\/blobby\/go\/8d4b8aa7-b12e-4df8-9836-081a29841523\/downloads\/ATN%20Guide%20to%20Racial%20and%20Restorative%20Justice%20in.pdf?ver=1626894788557\"><u>Guide for Racial Justice &amp; Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning<\/u><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ATN guide promotes&nbsp;CRT&nbsp;talking points, which includes instructing educators to \u201cdisrupt Whiteness and other forms of oppression,\u201d&nbsp;\u201cremove all punitive or disciplinary practices that spirit murder Black, Brown, and Indigenous children\u201d and provide \u201cfree, antiracist therapy for White educators and support staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ATN does not specifically use the term \u201ccritical race theory,\u201d but it touches on many of its common themes,&nbsp;which holds that America is fundamentally racist, yet it teaches people to view every social interaction and person in terms of race. Its adherents pursue \u201cantiracism\u201d through the end of merit, objective truth and the adoption of race-based policies.<\/p>\n<p>One San Diego elementary school spent $256 on of copies of Love\u2019s book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Want-More-Than-Survive-Abolitionist\/dp\/0807028347\/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=75950529983&amp;dchild=1&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9PzYhKL18QIVCMzICh3vLQP_EAAYAiAAEgJtafD_BwE&amp;hvadid=378361314885&amp;hvdev=m&amp;hvlocphy=9061285&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=6927506867423162715&amp;hvtargid=kwd-481655965609&amp;hydadcr=18975_9703591&amp;keywords=we+want+to+do+more+than+survive&amp;qid=1626908392&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Want To Do More Than Survive<\/a>,\u201d a spreadsheet of purchase orders for the school system shows,&nbsp;Fox News reported. A description of her book says it \u201cargues that the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOE\u2019s handbook on reopening linked to ABN\u2019s&nbsp;guide in its section about the social and mental well-being of students, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration called it an \u201cerror\u201d to promote a critical race theory (CRT) activist group\u2019s guide in a Department of Education (DOE) handbook meant for use in over 13,000 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600492","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=600492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}