BREAKING: The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in North Texas voted last night to:
1) Ban the teaching of critical race theory.
2) Wait until students are in the fifth grade to teach them sexual orientation and gender identity.
3) Ban boys from playing in girls’ sports.
4) Encourage the use of pronouns that align with student’s biological gender and require them to use restrooms and locker rooms that align with their biological gender.
5) Require that library materials be posted online and readily available for review by parents.
6) Not teach The New York Times “1619 Project”.
7) Implement a strict process for reviewing library books, so as to allow To Kill A Mockingbird and disallow Daddy, Papa, and Me and A Person With A Vulva.
It’s interesting that though these seven measures reflect the philosophy of schools and civilized society for, I don’t know, 2,000 plus years, yet now seem controversial rather than commonsensical.
Why does it seem radical to return power to parents and reaffirm biological reality? Or to keep boys from dominating girls in sports? Or to let students read revisionist history and propaganda about their nation on their own time. Why teach something that cannot withstand even the lightest objective criticism?
Perhaps the school district’s 4-3 vote is a sign that there’s hope, that the pendulum has reached its arc and is beginning to move back toward truth and reality. Maybe the radicals are on the run.
No matter what, kudos to North Texas educators for pushing back against the absurdity and reaffirming responsible education.
