Last Thursday, not long after a BB gun fell on the floor during a fight at Annandale High School, a suspected fentanyl overdose at Fairfax High School, and the choking of a boy on a school bus, teachers at Irving Middle School delivered a “social emotional learning” lesson on “white privilege.” The lesson, with no opt-out process, was in clear violation of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order One banning divisive concepts in K-12 education.
Unbeknownst to me, my son was one of the students who received the divisive lesson. It just so happened the school neglected to inform his parents.
This is a cautionary tale about the lessons being taught in America’s classrooms by educators who push political agendas without parental knowledge. It is also a window into the disturbing obfuscation that a school district engages in when parents try to be involved in the education of their children.
Middle School Teaches About ‘White Privilege’
The lesson, titled “What’s going on with you?” aims to teach students to “work on my ethical and global citizen skills so that I can be aware of the feelings of others and respectful of their point of view.” It includes a scolding message to students: “If you can’t be respectful of this video and the experiences shared, then YOU are part of the problem.”
As part of the lesson, students had to watch a video, “Being 12,” produced by WNYC, showing non-white children discussing the ways in which they are victims of
