{"id":946502,"date":"2021-10-31T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946502"},"modified":"2021-10-31T18:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:29:16","slug":"terry-mcauliffe-claims-crt-has-never-been-in-virginia-schools-his-administration-pushed-it-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-claims-crt-has-never-been-in-virginia-schools-his-administration-pushed-it-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McAuliffe Claims CRT Has \u2018Never Been\u2019 In Virginia Schools. His Administration Pushed It, Documents Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fterry-mcauliffe-claims-crt-has-never-been-in-virginia-schools-his-administration-pushed-it-documents-show%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=946502&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--><p>Multiple documents on the Virginia Department of Education website reference Critical Race Theory (CRT) despite former Governor Terry McAuliffe\u2019s repeated claims that CRT is not taught in Virginia\u2019s public schools.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe repeated his claim about CRT in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-mcauliffe-interview-what-i-get-asked-about-every-day-is-covid-125030469892\">appearance<\/a> on MSNBC on Sunday, telling network host Chuck Todd that Glenn Youngkin, McAuliffe\u2019s GOP opponent to become the next governor of Virginia, is lying about CRT-influenced curriculum in schools. Documents linked on the Virginia Department of Education\u2019s website reveal CRT\u2019s influence on school curriculum and processes, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Glenn Youngkin\u2019s education plan? He wants to ban Critical Race Theory. Well, let me explain to you, it\u2019s never been in Virginia,\u201d McAuliffe said, repeating the claim later in the interview. In neither instance did Todd push back on McAuliffe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople trust me on education, but it\u2019s at the forefront here in Virginia as it now is in others. You see what\u2019s happening in Georgia and Florida because they\u2019re talking about this Critical Race Theory,\u201d McAuliffe said. \u201cAnd as I said before, and I\u2019ll say it again, it\u2019s never been taught in Virginia. And I really hate it, because it\u2019s a racist dog whistle. And all Glenn Youngkin has done in this campaign is run down Virginia, run down our education system, run down our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when you think of this right now on Critical Race Theory, Chuck, it\u2019s not taught so all you\u2019re doing is pitting parents against parents, parents against teachers, and they\u2019re using children as political pawns,\u201d McAuliffe said.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan Institute\u2019s Chris Rufo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1454467134067642377\">highlighted<\/a> several <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/mcaullifes-crt-lie\/\">documents<\/a> \u2013 one dating back to when McAuliffe ran the state from 2014 to 2018 \u2013 on the Virginia Department of Education\u2019s website featuring CRT. In 2015, the state Department of Education pushed a slideshow promoting CRT in response to racial disparities in public school discipline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrican American students suspended [more] than double their % age in student population,\u201d says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doe.virginia.gov\/support\/virginia_tiered_system_supports\/resources\/2015_fall_institute\/Legal_implications_of_discipline.pdf\">slideshow<\/a>, prepared by University of South Florida professor Brenda Townsend Walker. To cut down on black student suspensions, Walker encourages school administrators to incorporate a \u201cCritical Race Theory (CRT) lens\u201d into their disciplinary process. She also encourages teachers to \u201c[e]mbrace Critical Race Theory\u201d and \u201c[e]ngage in race-conscious teaching and learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 under Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane sent a memo to Virginia public schools naming a host of resources educators can use to prepare for \u201cdialogue around race, racism, and bigotry.\u201d Several of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple documents on the Virginia Department of Education website reference Critical Race Theory (CRT) despite former Governor Terry McAuliffe\u2019s repeated claims that CRT is not taught in Virginia\u2019s public schools.McAuliffe repeated his claim about CRT in an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday, telling network host Chuck Todd that Glenn Youngkin, McAuliffe\u2019s GOP opponent to become the next governor of Virginia, is lying about CRT-influenced curriculum in schools. Documents linked on the Virginia Department of Education\u2019s website reveal CRT\u2019s influence on school curriculum and processes, however.\u201cWhat\u2019s Glenn Youngkin\u2019s education plan? He wants to ban Critical Race Theory. Well, let me explain to you, it\u2019s never been in Virginia,\u201d McAuliffe said, repeating the claim later in the interview. In neither instance did Todd push back on McAuliffe.\u201cPeople trust me on education, but it\u2019s at the forefront here in Virginia as it now is in others. You see what\u2019s happening in Georgia and Florida because they\u2019re talking about this Critical Race Theory,\u201d McAuliffe said. \u201cAnd as I said before, and I\u2019ll say it again, it\u2019s never been taught in Virginia. And I really hate it, because it\u2019s a racist dog whistle. And all Glenn Youngkin has done in this campaign is run down Virginia, run down our education system, run down our economy.\u201d\u201cAnd when you think of this right now on Critical Race Theory, Chuck, it\u2019s not taught so all you\u2019re doing is pitting parents against parents, parents against teachers, and they\u2019re using children as political pawns,\u201d McAuliffe said.The Manhattan Institute\u2019s Chris Rufo highlighted several documents \u2013 one dating back to when McAuliffe ran the state from 2014 to 2018 \u2013 on the Virginia Department of Education\u2019s website featuring CRT. In 2015, the state Department of Education pushed a slideshow promoting CRT in response to racial disparities in public school discipline.\u201cAfrican American students suspended [more] than double their % age in student population,\u201d says the slideshow, prepared by University of South Florida professor Brenda Townsend Walker. To cut down on black student suspensions, Walker encourages school administrators to incorporate a \u201cCritical Race Theory (CRT) lens\u201d into their disciplinary process. She also encourages teachers to \u201c[e]mbrace Critical Race Theory\u201d and \u201c[e]ngage in race-conscious teaching and learning.\u201dIn 2019 under Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane sent a memo to Virginia public schools naming a host of resources educators can use to prepare for \u201cdialogue around race, racism, and bigotry.\u201d Several of the resources, such as Robin DiAngelo\u2019s \u201cWhite Fragility,\u201d promote ideas such as CRT.\u201cCRT has proven an important analytic tool in the field of education, offering critical perspectives on race, and the causes, consequences and manifestations of race, racism, inequity, and the dynamics of power and privilege in schooling,\u201d reads the caption of one work, \u201cFoundations of Critical Race Theory in Education,\u201d by Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, and Gloria Ladson-Billings.Related: How One Virginia County Became The Apex Of The Fight Against Critical Race TheoryThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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