Source: Heartland Institute
by Larry Sand

“In Florida, the state board of education has voted to approve a rule that prohibits schools from teaching CRT and the 1619 Project. Iowa governor Kim Reynolds recently signed a law that will ban schools from making students ‘feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress’ because of their race or sex, among other provisions. In D.C., a bill has been introduced that would ban the promotion of ‘race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.’ … And now, ironically, the wokesters — the same crowd that brought us ‘cancel culture’ — is [sic] screaming ‘Censorship!'” (06/22/21)

https://blog.heartland.org/2021/06/canceling-critical-race-theory/

Source: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
by Rohan Krishnan

“When due process protections are minimized, marginalized groups with little political power are disproportionately harmed, as white and wealthy students are more likely to have the power and connections to protect themselves against sexual assault allegations. For example, an analysis of sexual assault allegations at Colgate University found that [b]lack male students at the university were accused of 50% of the sexual assault violations even though the [b]lack population at Colgate accounts for only 4.2% of the student body. The disproportionate nature of sexual assault allegations based on race demonstrates the need for stronger due process and the continuation of the current Title IX regulations.” (06/22/21)

https://www.thefire.org/how-social-justice-and-due-process-are-inextricably-linked/

Source: In These Times
by Hamilton Nolan

“In 1968, Paulo Freire, a famous Brazilian philosopher, authored the book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a Marxist argument for using education to empower the downtrodden. In 2013, a charter school named in his honor was founded: the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School (PFSJCS), located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Now, in a display of the universe’s sense of humor, teachers at PFSJCS say that the school’s leadership is engaging in union busting. In March 2020, the school’s professional staff of about 26 people (mostly teachers, along with a few other employees such as guidance counselors) unionized with UAW Local 2322 in Massachusetts. Zack Novak, one of the teachers who helped lead the union drive, said that several years of experience working in unionized public schools had led him to expect certain standards of treatment that he didn’t see at PFSJCS.” (06/22/21)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/charter-school-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed-union-busting-paulo-freire

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Government land-use regulation by ‘zoning’ is an awesome expression of rights-abridging power, usually becoming nothing more than what most regulations are: special-interest protection schemes, helping the in-crowd at the expense of ‘outsiders’ (you and me, actually). Most savvy people understand this in specific instances, but not generally, so when they see zoning they don’t like, they might leap to the notion that bad local regulations should be replaced by good state or federal regulators. Trouble is, we have less ability to ensure that regulators in distant political centers aren’t captured by special interests or malign ideologues.” (06/22/21)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/06/22/zoning-by-outsiders/