Accuracy in Media's hidden camera investigation into Ohio schools has already revealed the deceptive tactics being used in both Columbus and Cincinnati to sneak Critical Race Theory into education โ but those aren't the only schools that are willing to mislead parents.ย
Dayton, Ohio educators are similarly prepared to skirt anti-CRT laws if they are enacted in the state.ย
โThere's all sorts of ways around it,โย Kettering City School Districtย Student Services Supervisor Rick Earley told AIM's investigators on hidden camera.ย
Betsy Gann, director of Curriculum and Gifted Services at Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Schools, echoed this, saying that โThere's language that we need to be careful of. There are triggering kinds of words and that's how I put it.โ
When AIM investigators asked if they could teach the same content under a different label, she said, โYeah.โ
Last year, Republican lawmakers in Ohio introduced legislation that would have prohibited CRT in schools. Specifically, House Bill 616 would have barredย โteaching or providing training that promotes or endorses divisive or inherently racist concepts.โ
The measure, which was smeared as a โdon't say gayโ bill and compared to Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, did not advance out of Ohio's legislature.ย
Activist educators in the state are making it very clear that even if the bill had been signed into law, it wouldn't have stopped them.ย
According to Gann, phrases such as โCRTโ and โculturally responsiveโ are โtriggering.โ They also โdon't formally useโ the word antiracism. However, she claimed that students are still taught to be โantiracist.โ
Defending the content that may trigger some, she said โthat's not putting you down, caucasian man, it's being an advocate.โ
It would be โunfortunateโ to change the name of the content being taught due to a CRT ban, said Earley. But he explained how the school is prepared to work around a possible ban nonetheless.ย
โIt all goes back to how you dress the window,โย Earley told investigators.ย โYou can do a lot of shopping without anybody even knowing you're shopping.โ
โYou just have to be very careful how you phrase whatever you're going to say,โ he continued, confirming that they would indeed change the label of the lessons while leaving the content unaltered.ย
Gann also revealed to investigators that she used school funds to purchase the book โWhite Fragilityโย byย Robin DiAngeloย for staff membersโand the reading counted as โprofessional development.โ
โWe did โWhite Fragility,'โ she said. โI did buy those out of funds. So, it was a professional development opportunity.โย
โIt was grant-funded,โ she explained, specifying that the money came from โstaff development funds.โ
Dayton educators, similar to their counterparts in both Columbus and Cincinnati, are willing to do whatever it takes to get CRT into schools. They're willing to slap new labels on their lessons so they can keep infusing social justice into them.ย
Bans like the one proposed in HB616 would not stop these schools, as is evident in their conversations with AIM's investigators.
The answer may lie in a bill recently introduced in Ohio's legislature byย Ohio Sen. Sandra O'Brien. Theย Enact the Parent Educational Freedom Act, or SB11, seeks to expand school choice for students and families in the state.ย
O'Brien's proposal wouldย open up eligibility for the existing Educational Choice scholarships while also increasing the income tax credit available to cover homeschooling expenses.
This way, families across Ohio would be able to access private schools or even afford to homeschool. While public institutions have a monopoly, they clearly won't stop pushing CRT content.ย
If Ohio were to grant families choices in schooling options, public schools would be forced to ditch the agenda to maintain enrollment rates.ย
This article originally appeared in Accuracy in Media. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย American Liberty News. Republished with permission.
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Specifically, House Bill 616 would have barred โteaching or providing training that promotes or endorses divisive or inherently racist concepts.โ
First of all, it is wise to ban the key immoral and unethical concept being taught as opposed to identifying it by the current label they are using, which can easily be changed.
Second, anyone who would plot to hide or deceive what they are teaching our children is no better than any other child abuser and should be immediately and permanently removed from anything to do with children.
Just trash being the trash they are. “Woke” isn’t appropriate for what they are. Stupid is more appropriate and they ALL need to be gone..