Written by Neeraja Deshpande for RealClearEducation
The National Educators Association, the largest teachers’ union in the United States, said:Burning“To Kamala Harris’ vice presidential nominee Tim Walz: “Governor Walz is known as the ‘Education Governor,'” wrote NEA President Becky Pringle. “He has been a staunch advocate for public school students and educators, and an ally to working families and unions. A high school teacher and NEA member, Walz is committed to improving our public schools.”
The NEA’s support will be worrisome to Americans who are concerned about the state of education in this country. The NEA has been radical politics On top of the children.
Unfortunately, the same was true for Tim Waltz.
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During the pandemic, Walz rockstep Long-term school closures with teachers unions: “As governor, Tim Walz chose to fund teachers unions over prioritizing students, and the results have been disastrous.” Said This is an op-ed from House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minnesota) in the New York Post.
In fact, when Walz took office as governor of Minnesota in 2019, 59.2% of Minnesota students were proficient in reading and 55% in math. Four years later, in 2023, those numbers are expected to drop to 1.5%. Knock down increased to 49.9% and 45.5%, respectively. During the same period that Walz was in office, Minnesota’s chronic absenteeism rate More than doubledFrom 14% to 30%. In 2018, before Walz took office, Minnesota schools Ranked 5th in the nation; in 2024, it will be 17th in five years. Given these disastrous figures, it is likely that Waltz will focus on getting back to basics: reading, writing, and math.
But as an exception pass the act Waltz’s educational agenda, which would mandate evidence-based reading methods in schools by 2023, had little to do with actual education.
Instead, Walz served many years in office. Promote fear Regarding the so-called conservative book ban, expose Repeatedly. In May of this year, Walz signed a bill that “prohibits school libraries from prohibiting, removing, or limiting access to age-appropriate books or other materials solely on the basis of viewpoint, content, message, idea, or opinion conveyed.” In effect, this means that Minnesota teachers and librarians are required to teach children A book of explicitness Without any responsibility.
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Moreover, after the riots in Minnesota following the death of George Floyd, Walls Tried to expand Ethnic Studies Education. In November 2021, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) proposed: radical The K-12 Ethnic Studies curriculum includes: critical race theory.
This new curriculum, which will be part of Minnesota students’ social studies requirements beginning in the 2026-27 school year, is broken down as follows: Three subcategories: “Identity,” “Resistance,” and “How to Know.” Minnesota students are expected to learn about “the roots of modern systems of oppression,” among other subjects, and apply lessons from the past to dismantle historical and contemporary injustice. Instill activism To Minnesota schools.
This is not surprising given the Minnesota Department of Education led by Walz. I was given instructionsThis curriculum is offered by the Minnesota chapter of the Radical Liberation Education Network. main According to its website, its mission is to “become a political force in Minnesota to challenge the status quo of colonial education that prioritizes a Eurocentric curriculum.” In other words, students learn more about American history than Gradual overturn Its.
Make no mistake: Minnesota’s radical curriculum and education policy failures are a direct reflection of Walz’s priorities and judgments. If he is elected in November alongside Kamala Harris, Minnesota’s education problems will spread across the country.
Jointly published with permission In RealClearWire.
