Tag: CRT

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Did Central Catholic go CRT?

By: Diane Benjamin h/t a reader (I can’t find everything myself!) Central Catholic High School will have a new principal: https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/mcgraw-named-principal-at-central-catholic-high-school/article_1a2cc2ca-c749-11ec-99f0-9309f7f83754.html The article states Chris McGraw works for Unit 5 now. It doesn’t say what else he does at Unit 5. https://www.unit5.org/domain/3645 Page down, his name is there. He’s part of the District EQUITY team […]

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County Board: Interesting filings

By: Diane Benjamin Please read to the BOTTOM! County Board candidates who filed for office are listed below by District. Since redistricting you get to vote for two this year, a drawing will be held after the election to see who gets a 2 year term and who gets 4 years. District 2 will have […]

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Of course CRT is taught

By: Diane Benjamin Critical Race Theory has lots of different names, it may not be called CRT in the schools but the principles of CRT are taught. District 87 has Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committees – even though agendas for their subgroups are supposed to be posted, nothing is. https://www.district87.org/domain/2157 Unit 5 has a Diversity, […]

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The case against CRT

If you are on Facebook you might have seen this video. If not, enjoy it now. Note: He isn’t reading his speech. The fake race war is not going to end until people get tired of being used by politicians. This is from a School Board meeting.

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TWO things you need to know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) Local schools are teaching Critical Race Theory. They get around it by using the principles of CRT without calling it teaching Critical Race Theory. They might call it anti-racism, white supremacy, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or White Privilege. Any program that uses race as a qualifier for generalization about a group […]

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The winning email! Unit 5

By: Diane Benjamin If you missed the update to Normal West’s evacuation drill, at least 25% of the students were left behind because of not enough buses. https://blnnews.com/2021/08/25/fly-on-the-wall-normal-west-2/ I’m reading a ton of emails from Unit 5, I also have emails from District 87 I haven’t started reading yet. One thing is clear, some parents […]

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Unit 5 will be teaching CRT

By: Diane Benjamin I’m only posting this because Unit 5 School Board is meeting tonight. Critical Race Theory will be taught as part of an elective course this year: CRT starts with the assumption that systemic racism exists. That is a FALSE narrative. There are reason for income disparity, racism isn’t one of them. Your […]

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Yes, Critical Race Theory is in the schools

By: Diane Benjamin If your kids will be attending a local public school, you need to prepare them for the Marxist ideology they will hear. Ask them to report use of these words to you: White privilege, White Supremacy, Gender identification, Inherent Bias, Equity, Anti-racist, 1619 Project, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, and Culturally Responsive Teaching This list will […]

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Teachers who refuse to leave the union are the problem

By: Diane Benjamin District 87 is meeting tonight (5:00 at BHS) to demand your children wear masks when the school year starts. There is no proof masks work and lots of proof they don’t. The School Board will do it anyway. What the School Board should be doing is insuring rouge teachers don’t follow the […]

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2 More things to know

By: Diane Benjamin Unit 5 has two unions. One is teachers – UFEA, the other is for professional staff – UFSPA. Both recommended three candidates for the Unit 5 School Board in the April 2021 election. They got two of the three elected: Stan Gozur and Kentrica Coleman. From their websites: http://www.ufspa.org/vote/ In 2023 FOUR […]

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Unit 5 Board – don’t expect them to listen

By: Diane Benjamin Below is the video of the school board meeting that was held on 7/21/21. No surprise, the video acted up during public comment. Numerous speakers can be heard and not seen. Start listening at 1:33:05 to the Board Chair. She feels the need to state the District’s position on Sex Ed and […]

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What should happen to teachers who publicly state they will Violate the Law?

By: Diane Benjamin This Unit 5 teacher did: He supposedly teaches music. I wonder how Critical Race Theory fits into music? The story: https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-thousands-of-teachers-who-say-theyre-willing-to-violate-law-to-keep-pushing-crt Here Are The Thousands Of Teachers Who Say They’re Willing To Violate Law To Keep Pushing CRT Excerpts: Thousands of teachers have pledged to continue teaching based on critical race theory even […]

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Update: 2nd video added-kids must wear masks. Retired teacher: CRT teaches truth

By: Diane Benjamin Fortunately this lady is retired, but there are other teachers spewing White Privilege in their classrooms. She tries to sugar coat the issue, but she wants to make sure minorities know they can not succeed because of the past. This happened at a District 87 School Board meeting in Bloomington Il. Teaching […]