A report published by college professors in Kappan details how school leaders and teachers can respond to parents concerned about critical race theory curricula for kids.
Opponents critical race theory protest outside of the Loudoun County School Board headquarters, in Ashburn, Virginia, on June 22, 2021. The lead author of the report, who serves as an associate professor of educational leadership at Montclair State University, Emily Hodge, argued that conservative media outlets and organizations"have inflamed the emotions of parents, often those who are conservative, white parents in suburban, diversifying districts," according to Education Week.
"The people who are orchestrating these kinds of media campaigns are concerned about power and politics and not actually about individual children or what’s happening at school," Hodge said. Hodge argued that school leaders should respond to concerned parents with"a shared sense of unity" because using a"logical argument" on"angry or fearful parents" might not be effective, Education week reported. Shelley Slebrch and other angry parents and community members protest after a Loudoun County School Board meeting was halted by the school board because the crowd refused to quiet down, in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S. June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein "Instead, if you also appeal to emotion and create a shared sense of unity as a community, that is a more effective route," Hodge said."Because it makes people feel like ‘we have common values and a common vision, we can work together.’" VIRGINIA MOM SUING BIRACIAL SON'S SCHOOL OVER CRT CURRICULUM SAYS IT 'TOTALLY CHANGED HIS PERSPECTIVE' ON RACE School board meetings have erupted with outraged parents in recent years who argue critical race theory is a racist and divisive concept. "I don't know about you, but telling my child or any child that they are in a permanent oppressed status in America because they are Black is racist – and saying that White people are automatically above me, my children, or any child is racist as well. This is not something that we can stand for in our country," one Florida mom said at a school board meeting last year. CRT has also been at the forefront of some political campaigns, including in Virginia’s gubernatorial election last year. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin won his campaign in 2021 after strongly opposing critical race theory curricula and vowing to keep it out of schools. Youngkin’s first executive order was ending"divisive concepts" in public schools, including CRT. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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