ST. PAUL, Minn. – The 86,000-member teachers group Education Minnesota called a proposed Republican schools law a thinly veiled attempt to undermine public education. Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota, took aim at State Senator Roger Chamberlain, R-Linolakes: “Certain politicians seem more interested in following the lead of the national big money groups’ plans to inflame division about what’s taught about race and gender than in presenting coherent policies to engage parents in their local schools.” The bill is part of a national Republican Goody Two Shoes project to eradicate racism as pivotal in the American experience. Said Specht: “Most Minnesotans believe all children should receive an education that gives them the freedom to pursue their dreams as critical thinkers in our increasingly diverse state.” The bill’s mandate for more school accountability to parents would place a crushing burden n school districts to comply with an orchestrated quantity of harassing data requests from anti-school activists.
Specht. Education Minnesota president.
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Specht: “Every educator I know welcomes conversations with parents about the lessons being taught in school, but GOP senators have presented a plan to drop a crushing amount of extra paperwork on already exhausted teachers.”