*Opinions expressed in Letters to the Editor are not necessarily those of The Messenger
To the Editor:
A new teacher licensing standard called ‘Racial Consciousness and Reflection’ has been added to the list of seven ‘Standards of Effective Practice’.
This new standard will require private and public school teachers to ‘have a foundational understanding of how race and racism are embedded in our institutions and everyday life’ in order to ‘understand and implement culturally-responsive education’. Teachers must embody the standard to ‘effectively teach’ Minnesota students.
According to the Standards Board, teachers must ‘Understand’ intersectionality, processes of racialization and how ‘ethno-centrism’, ‘eurocentrism’, and ‘white supremacy undermine pedagogical equity’ to requiring a teacher to ‘understand’ that ‘knowledge creation, ways of knowing, and teaching are social and cultural practices shaped by race and ethnicity, often resulting in racially disparate advantages and disadvantages.’ This is CRT coming to a MN school near you!
Thank goodness we have people running for elected office that have solutions for our failing education system. Pam Altendorff and Representative Steve Drazkowski have already authored a bill that will allow education funding to follow the student! Parents will be able to decide what school(s) or home school options are best for their families vs. tax dollars automatically going to the school(s) who are indoctrinating our children. Do you think schools will continue to push CRT if parents are taking their children (ie. Funding) somewhere else?
Please vote for Pam Altendorff and Steve Drazkowski so our children have an opportunity for a quality education free from indoctrination.
Dawn Appel, Lake City
