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As predicted in an oped piece I wrote a few weeks ago the debate of CRT and what constitutes “divisive content” is going to be played out in local schools across the country. Here’s what is happening in a Central PA district where the school board issued an edict against CRT:

“They’re banning material from ‘Sesame Street,’ but not David Duke. They’re banning PBS, but not the KKK,” Pennsylvania State Education Association spokesperson Lauri Lebo said in an email with The Morning Call. “They’ve even banned the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators’ statement on racism — which acknowledges that racism exists and is bad.”

Teachers in the school have spoken up, some going as far as to state they’re “afraid to teach.” A handful have spoken to local media anonymously stating the curriculum specifically targets Black and Brown people.

This week, Central York students protested.

One thing I was never taught in my current events class nor recall hearing on the news was that STUDENTS led the anti-segregation marches in Birmingham AL. I learned this when I chaperoned a Habitat for Humanity trip as a Superintendent a decade ago. I am fairly confident that this is probably news to most students in Central PA. MAYBE it should be taught there and everywhere across the country. Maybe the children can unite us.

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