Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has walked into a series of fights that he doesn’t necessarily want to have. But now that they’ve come to him, he’s not shying away from the battles that have erupted in the nation’s school system.
“I don’t look at these students as Republican students or Democrats students. They’re students."
This is what patriotism looks like.
It shouldn’t have to be argued before a political bureaucrat, and never should any politician ever put personal party over national duty.
Oh yeah. The following is not a cat.
It’s an emoji. We just call it a cat.
Kudos to Cardona
I’d really like to see the “Republican”, or “Moms for Liberty” lesson plans on teaching Am Hist, Social Studies (do they even call it Social Studies anymore), and Math.
Excellent article!
Turn on Fox News. Put kids in front of TV. Education complete.
Kinda OT but not really…
Answer… republicans value guns over lives.
No, it’s not an “attack on students”
It’s an attempt to cater to uneducated constituencies who believe that our public schools and universities are somehow indoctrinating students in “woke” and anti-conservative memes.
In that regard, it’s one more attempt to destroy public education
Talk about defining deviancy down:
90 years ago, Huey Long was considered a dangerous demagogue, which he was. But at least (and this was his proudest achievement) he gave Louisiana schoolchildren free textbooks.
This season’s demagogues like Abbott and DeSantis are all about burning textbooks.
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People are saying that’s because he has no defense. DeSantis is an educated clown.
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The New College take over by RW Florida has a cost -millions in donations.
New College of Florida takeover by Gov. Ron DeSantis risks donations (usatoday.com)
Middle school for me was in the late 1950’s-early 1960’s I do not recall any discussion of LGBQT+ issues. Sex ed was from my dad & mom. Black students were not excluded in my classrooms. We learned history as a single thing, not White or Black history, just history. There were talks on civil rights and racism too cuz in was in the news. I came to the conclusion back then that to reject someone for their religion (or lack thereof), gender or the color of their skin was a waste of possible friendship. I still feel that way all these decades later.
The ‘Right’ simply wants to fight.
It’s as simple as that.
And they are picking stupid reasons.
Unfortunately, Cardona is in a fight he shouldn’t be in. Education is not an area the Federal government should be in, as education, under the 10th Amendment is a state and local problem. There shouldn’t even be a DOE.
Are bad and dumb things happening in local school districts? Hell, yes, but it is a local issue. If local parents want their children to grow up ignorant, tough shit. That’s why we have West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, and other states with poorly educated citizens, but it’s their own doing and none of the Federal government’s business.
It is an open book, full of many blank pages. . . . In other words, there is no such collection of lesson plans worth teaching.