Moments after pledging to « remove politics from the classroom, » Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R.) issued an executive order to end « the use of divisive concepts, …
Moments after pledging to « remove politics from the classroom, » Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R.) issued an executive order to end « the use of divisive concepts, including critical race theory » from public schools. Youngkin was sworn in as the state’s 74th governor Saturday, roughly two months after he became the first Republican to win statewide in Virginia in more than a decade. He wasted no time addressing his campaign pledge to ban critical race theory—one of his nine day-one executive orders aims to « restore excellence in education » by ensuring CRT is not taught in public Virginia classrooms. « We will remove politics from the classroom and re-focus on essential math, science and reading, » Youngkin said to widespread applause during his inauguration address.
