A family member of mine worked in school administration in the late 1980s and early 1990s. There were always organized efforts to bring complaints about curriculum to local school boards. The "public review process" nationwide is overwhelming controlled by far-right figures, the majority of whom absolutely believe anti-racism curriculum is divisive.
I don't think that much positive can come from the public review process of school boards nationwide. It (a review process) might work in Minneapolis or San Francisco if you are hoping for a progressive outcome. The outcome in Texas or Idaho would like be purposefully divisive.
Attacking curriculum has been used for decades. Pat Buchanan mocked the "bead wears at the Department of Education teaching masturbation."
I agree with your "model the behavior you want" conclusion. But while you certainly don't minimize the complexity of delivering anti-racist education, I think that your optimism obfuscates it somewhat. You write that "sometimes educators do a poor job". Yes, sometimes educators do a poor job teaching basic math, or critical reading skills. However, when it comes to delivering a CRT-cognizant anti-racist curriculum with sufficient complexity and nuance, I think the more appropriate assessment would be: "it's exceedingly rare to find a teacher, let alone an adult, who has the capacity to deliver said curriculum". Personally, I haven't met anyone up to the task. So I'm with you in spirit, but I struggle to foresee it in our reality.
Not sure if believe an of the organized anti-CRT stuff. I think there's a massive effort to push it as an issue, and it worked well in Virginia:.
Here's an example of anti-CRT groups being organized earlier this year: https://link.medium.com/U0rw0ZAuDlb
A family member of mine worked in school administration in the late 1980s and early 1990s. There were always organized efforts to bring complaints about curriculum to local school boards. The "public review process" nationwide is overwhelming controlled by far-right figures, the majority of whom absolutely believe anti-racism curriculum is divisive.
I don't think that much positive can come from the public review process of school boards nationwide. It (a review process) might work in Minneapolis or San Francisco if you are hoping for a progressive outcome. The outcome in Texas or Idaho would like be purposefully divisive.
Attacking curriculum has been used for decades. Pat Buchanan mocked the "bead wears at the Department of Education teaching masturbation."
I agree with your "model the behavior you want" conclusion. But while you certainly don't minimize the complexity of delivering anti-racist education, I think that your optimism obfuscates it somewhat. You write that "sometimes educators do a poor job". Yes, sometimes educators do a poor job teaching basic math, or critical reading skills. However, when it comes to delivering a CRT-cognizant anti-racist curriculum with sufficient complexity and nuance, I think the more appropriate assessment would be: "it's exceedingly rare to find a teacher, let alone an adult, who has the capacity to deliver said curriculum". Personally, I haven't met anyone up to the task. So I'm with you in spirit, but I struggle to foresee it in our reality.