WY Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jillian Balow, issued a Press Release yesterday (below) that calls for every Wyoming Citizen to respond to the
U.S. DEPARTMENT’S PROPOSED PRIORITIES TO INJECT CRITICAL RACE THEORY INTO K-12 SCHOOL CURRICULUM
⇒ CLICK THIS LINK TO SUBMIT A FORMAL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CURRICULUM
DEADLINE IS MAY 19, 2021
We sounded this same alarm last year in August and September. Our Aug 9 article reports what we found at WY Dept of Education website – Superintendent Balow needs to know that certain content that her own agency is promoting is equally disturbing and needs to be removed! Our Sept 2 article has link to ALL BLM/1619 Project curricula – see and share the sample curricula from the link below to educate other Wyomingites on how radicals are attempting to hijack our schools and indoctrinate our children!
- Aug 9, 2020: WY Education and Radical Leftist Ideology
- Sept 2, 2020: CITIZEN ALERT – 2020 BLM School Curriculum Infiltrating American Schools
From: Wyoming Department of Education <WDE@public.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, May 4, 2021 at 8:19 AM
Subject: SPECIAL STATEMENT: State Superintendent Jillian Balow’s Statement on Proposed U.S. Department of Education Rule Prioritizing Critical Race Theory Curriculum in K-12 Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Linda Finnerty, Communications Director
307-777-2053
linda.finnerty@wyo.gov
STATE SUPERINTENDENT JILLIAN BALOW’S STATEMENT ON PROPOSED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RULE PRIORITIZING CRITICAL RACE THEORY CURRICULUM IN K-12 SCHOOLS
CHEYENNE – The U.S. Department of Education has proposed priorities for American History and Civics Education grant programs published in the Federal Register. Those priorities include encouraging districts to use curriculum related to divisive author Ibram X. Kendi and the New York Times “1619 Project.” This is an alarming move toward federal overreach into district curriculum and should be rebuked across party lines.
The draft rule is an attempt to normalize teaching controversial and politically trendy theories about America’s history. History and civics should not be secondary to political whim. Instead, history and civics instruction should engage students in objective, non-partisan analyses of historical and current events. For good reason, public schools do not promote particular political ideologies or religions over others. This federal rule attempts to break from that practice and use taxpayer dollars to do just that.
America needs to update and renew our expectations for teaching and learning about history and civics. Every school board, state legislature, and state superintendent should be working to build local consensus about what should be taught and what materials to use in classrooms. Every family should be engaged in activities that ensure the rising generation is properly prepared to be informed citizens. Every student deserves a rich and engaging education about America’s triumphs, treacheries, losses, and victories. Our touchstone is our shared principle that all Americans have infinite value and individual freedom and responsibility. We must strive to find common goals and values as a nation, not tear each other and our country apart.
The proposed federal rule is open for public comment until May 19 and can be accessed here, or by using the Google search for “Federal Register American history and civics education.” I intend to comment, and I urge you to research the issue and comment if compelled.
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