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Up until January, Arizona had a Democratic school superintendent, but she lost to Republican Tom Horne. who just started a hotline so people can report if teachers are teaching CRT.
People who want to report lessons that allegedly use critical race theory or emotional support curriculum rejected by Arizona’s new superintendent can now do so through a hotline launched this week.
The Arizona Department of Education’s “Empower Hotline” will take calls during weekday business hours. It’s a key campaign promise of newly elected superintendent Tom Horne, who ran on a platform that promised to focus on math and reading instruction and “declare war” on conversations about emotions and identity.
Arizona residents should report “inappropriate lessons that detract from teaching academic standards,” the department said on its website. That includes topics like social and emotional learning or that could be considered critical race theory.
This is absolute bullshit.
Critics say that effort is a waste of limited educational resources — and only will heighten the political tensions that have pushed teachers out of the classroom.
This effort “continues to politicize and disrespect educators and their profession and the relationships that they have with their families,” said Arizona Education Association president Marisol Garcia.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/03/08/state-schools-chief-tom-horne-opens-hotline-for-inappropriate-lessons/69985559007/