Op-ed by Jessica Marie Baumgartner | Photo: Alamy
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has wasted no time since being sworn in. One of her first acts in office was to sign the Executive Order to Prohibit Indoctrination and Critical Race Theory in Schools on Thursday.
This huge win for proponents of parental rights seeks to rein in the public school system’s failing policies. The most recent assessment from the National Center for Education Statistics revealed serious declines in grade school students’ math and reading abilities.
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Gov. Sanders has vowed to “make sure our teachers are actually focused on teaching our students reading, writing, science, math. These are the areas that we have to improve here in Arkansas.”
While school officials are quick to blame the
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