In this post, Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute presents more evidence that “wokeness” has infiltrated American schools. They’ve fallen under the control of zealots for leftist ideology, and they only want to employ teachers who go along with it.
Here’s a key paragraph:
The assistant principal of an elementary school in Greenwich, Conn., was videotaped explaining his discriminatory approach to hiring teachers. He says, “If they’re Catholic? Conservative. . . . You don’t hire them.” Instead, he explains that he looks for skilled progressive teachers who are “savvy about delivering a Democratic message without really ever having to mention their politics.” He adds, “For one position, I think we had 30 applicants. So out of all those applicants, I don’t think I interviewed anybody over the age of 30 . . . the older you get, the more set in your ways, the more conservative you get.”
Does a prospective teacher really know the subject? Good at instructing students? Those things matter much less than having the correct ideology and the desire to turn students into true believers.
The ray of light here is that many parents are now paying attention to what goes on in their schools and oppose the wasting of time on ideology. They want their kids to learn the fundamentals. Many are walking away from schools that have been infected with wokeness.