Biden Admin Funds Antiracist Therapy for "White Educators"

Congress has allocated nearly $200 billion in Covid-19 relief funds for K-12 schools over the past year.

While this money was intended to help re-open schools and mitigate learning loss, President Biden's Department of Education is encouraging school districts to spend some of it for a different purpose: providing "Free, antiracist therapy for White educators."

The American Rescue Plan requires school districts to reserve 20 percent of funds for "Evidence-based" interventions that "Respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs"-a very sensible charge.

"Free, antiracist therapy for White educators and support staff."

When Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona served as commissioner of education in Connecticut, he insisted that "We need teachers behind this wave of our curriculum becoming 'woke.'" When Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten led the San Diego Unified School District, she oversaw teacher training that accused white teachers of "Spirit murdering" black students.

There's little doubt that if the Trump administration published guidance recommending that schools dismantle "Blackness" and target black teachers for therapeutic intervention, Democrats would have rightly decried it as a manifestation of "White supremacy." But to date, Democratic politicians have not raised many qualms about CRT indoctrination in schools.

State superintendents and governors should send out counter-guidance that draws a line in the sand: no matter what the Biden administration recommends, schools may not use public funding for purposes that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by racially discriminating against students or teachers.

https://www.city-journal.org/biden-admin-funds-antiracist-therapy-for-white-educators?wallit_nosession=1