Biden's first days in office were peppered with concerns he was too prone to the whims of teachers unions as some organizations threatened to derail talks over returning to in-person instruction unless their members were immunized against the coronavirus.
Now, another classroom clash is cooking. Though, this time it's over the Biden administration's attempts to incentivize so-called "woke" lessons for teachers and students alike by proposing federal grant money.
Biden's Education Department this week suggested introducing two new priorities for funding covering American history and civics education programs and activities. The first attempts to promote projects that "incorporate racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse perspectives" into their syllabi, while the other plans to improve "information literacy."
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Biden is nearing a critical moment for public education, according to Republican strategist John Feehery.
Parents have lost faith in their local school districts throughout the pandemic because of teachers unions, which "have done everything in their power to keep schools closed, just as they collect their paychecks," Feehery explained. More schools are implementing in-person instruction as vaccine rates rise and Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus spending package funds are scattered.
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"Kids have to make up for lost time because of the union-imposed COVID disaster, but instead of focusing on opening schools, the Biden administration is focused on creating an ideological curriculum to please their far-left progressive wing of the party," he stated.
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For Feehery, once press secretary for former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert, parents preferred their kids to be prepared for college or a well-paying job and not well-versed in "critical race theory nonsense."
"They don't want this political balderdash. I think it is politically tone-deaf on their part, and I think it will hurt them in swing-state districts," he stated.
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Former Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp criticized the rule as "nothing more than an attempt to misuse hard-earned taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s children with even more anti-American nonsense."
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"The end result is not likely to be a Marxist revolution, but rather, solid Republican gains across America in 2021 and 2022," explained Huelskamp, an ex-Tea Party Caucus chairman and House Education Committee member.
The Education Department's suggested rule could apply to American history and civics education programs and activities, including the presidential and congressional academies, as soon as this fiscal year. The public comment period ends May 19.
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The first priority is supposed to emphasize how history and civics education can convey "the vital role of diversity in our nation's democracy" to the next generation, according to the pitched language. That encompasses "the consequences of slavery" and "the significant contributions of black Americans to our society."
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