Virginia School District Urges ‘Marxist’ SPLC Race, Slavery Lessons for Kindergarten By Tyler O’Neil
https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/20/virginia-school-district-ur
When elementary students near Washington, D.C., return to school in the fall, either virtually or in-person, they may learn about race and race-based slavery at the tender age of 5 years. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has encouraged teachers to adopt an elementary curriculum from the far-left smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — a curriculum that includes lessons on race, slavery, and “hard history” for the K-2 age bracket.
“SPLC is pushing Marxist ideology more or less. They’re really pushing those concepts of ‘revolution’ and ‘dismantling the system’ that we have,” a Loudoun County father of two told The Washington Free Beacon’s Chrissy Clark, who first drew attention to the curriculum. “So rather than everyone coming together and building something great together, it’s about destroying what’s been built.”
Following the horrific deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, Superintendent Eric Williams said, “The painful impact of these harrowing deaths is and will continue to be significant, all the more so because of our keen awareness of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color.” He further pledged to implement a strategy aiming for the “disruption and dismantling of white supremacy, systemic racism, and hateful language and actions.”
Recommending the SPLC’s “Teaching Tolerance”
In May, LCPS released a “comprehensive equity plan” that included “Utilize Justice Anchor Standards-Teaching Tolerance.org” as an “action step” for the 2020-2021 school year.
The Social Justice Standards published by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the SPLC, aim to present a “road-map for anti-bias education at every grade level,” and the K-2 section mostly focuses on developing an understanding of social identity and basic fairness. The document pushes LGBT identities and the K-2 section mentions a boy who likes to play with dolls. The K-5 standards do not delve into social justice activism, but the later standards explicitly encourage leftist advocacy.
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