{"id":950998,"date":"2021-11-01T18:58:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950998"},"modified":"2021-11-01T18:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:58:39","slug":"democrat-terry-mcauliffe-suggests-virginia-has-too-many-white-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-terry-mcauliffe-suggests-virginia-has-too-many-white-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Terry McAuliffe Suggests Virginia Has Too Many White Teachers"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdemocrat-terry-mcauliffe-suggests-virginia-has-too-many-white-teachers%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=950998&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 class=\"subheading\">Democrat Terry McAuliffe believes there are too many white teachers in Virginia, making the suggestion in Manassas, Virginia, during a campaign stop on Sunday \u2014 two days before the big election.<\/p>\n<p>During Sunday\u2019s campaign stop, the Democrat gubernatorial hopeful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10152633\/Glenn-Youngkin-pulls-ahead-Democrat-Terry-McAuliffe-1-Virginia-governors-race.html\">called<\/a> on the state to \u201cdiversify\u201d its teachers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cWe got to work hard to diversify our teacher base,\u201d McAuliffe said, lamenting the racial proportion of \u201cstudents of color\u201d to educators and ultimately suggesting there are simply too many white teachers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cFifty percent of our students are students of color, 80 percent of the teachers are white, so what I\u2019m going to do for you \u2013 we\u2019ll be the first state in America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cIf you go teach in Virginia for five years in a high-demand area \u2014 that could be geographic, it could be course work \u2014 we will pay room, board, tuition, any college, any university, or any HBCU [Historically Black Colleges and Universities] here in Virginia,\u201d the former governor added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_10202379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-HBCU-Central-State-University-Ohio-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10202379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-HBCU-Central-State-University-Ohio-ap.jpg\" alt=\"In this April 2005 file photo, students walk the campus of Central State University near Xenia, Ohio. Financially struggling Central State, the state&#039;s only public historically black college, would get $33 million to upgrade its buildings and to improve its marketing so it can attract more students under a plan being considered Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007, by Ohio&#039;s higher education board. (AP Photo\/Tom Uhlman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk the campus of Central State University near Xenia, Ohio, the state\u2019s only public historically black college (AP Photo\/Tom Uhlman).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/washington-post-poll-education-no-1-issue-in-virginia-governors-race\/\">stands<\/a> out as one of the top issues among Virginia voters heading into Election Day, as Loudon County, Virginia, has become what Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin has described as \u201cground zero for the fundamental demand from parents to have a role in their children\u2019s education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerry McAuliffe says you don\u2019t have a right. He wants government between parents and their children \u2014 politicians and bureaucrats dictating what our kids are doing,\u201d Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/30\/exclusive-glenn-youngkin-education-reset-crucial-in-va-warns-mcauliffe-wants-government-between-parents-and-their-children\/\">said<\/a> during an October 30 appearance on <i>Breitbart News Saturday<\/i>, criticizing the&nbsp;declining state of education in the Old Dominion State under Democrat&nbsp;leadership, which pushes divisive, inaccurate teachings such as Critical Race Theory in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter eight years of Democrat governors \u2026 we\u2019ve watched the education system in Virginia be watered down, standards reduced to the point where 62 percent of Virginia\u2019s kids aren\u2019t able to pass an eighth-grade math equivalency test. Sixty-two percent! And we watched the parents be pushed out of the classroom. We watch teachers who want to teach their children how to think being told no, teach them what to think,\u201d Youngkin exclaimed. \u201cThe entire system now is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin said he has heard similar concerns from parents outside of the state, who are pleading Virginians to \u201cmake a statement for us\u201d on Election Day by voting for the Republican and overhauling the education system, handing power back to parents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>McAuliffe made waves in September during his debate with Youngkin after explicitly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/29\/terry-mcauliffe-i-dont-think-parents-should-be-telling-schools-what-they-should-teach\/\">stating<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d The statement blatantly ignored Virginia law, which <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1443037359419924482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1443037359419924482%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F09%2F29%2Fterry-mcauliffe-i-dont-think-parents-should-be-telling-schools-what-they-should-teach%2F\">makes clear<\/a>&nbsp;that parents do, in fact, have a \u201cfundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent\u2019s child.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18188402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"43\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP_21272034585188.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18188402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP_21272034585188.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, left, and Republican challenger, Glenn Youngkin, participate in their debate at Northern Virginia Community College, in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, left, and Republican challenger, Glenn Youngkin, participate in their debate at Northern Virginia Community College, in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a wave of intense backlash, McAuliffe tried to backtrack, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/19\/democrat-terry-mcauliffe-scrambles-to-course-correct-after-parents-comment-my-words-taken-out-of-context\/\">accusing<\/a> his Republican challenger of taking his remarks out of context. However, McAuliffe veered from his course correction again two days before the election during an appearance on&nbsp;NBC\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>. During the interview, he reemphasized his fundamental belief that parents should not have a say in key aspects of their children\u2019s education, including the selection of books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have experts who actually do that,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/10\/31\/mcauliffe-parents-should-not-pick-school-books-we-have-experts-who-do-that\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s RealClearPolitics average of polls showed the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2021\/governor\/va\/virginia_governor_youngkin_vs_mcauliffe-7373.html\">trailing<\/a> his Republican challenger by 1.7 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Terry McAuliffe believes there are too many white teachers in Virginia, making the suggestion in Manassas, Virginia, during a campaign stop on Sunday \u2014 two days before the big &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950998","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\/950998","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950998\/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=950998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}