by wildrose » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:09 am
This whole woke agenda issue is often blamed on teachers and teachers unions. It's presented as if the unions are the main mover of this agenda. That's simply not the case. Politicians (progressive democrats) and publishing companies are the main movers here. Most teachers are not onboard with the woke agenda, but they are pressured by administrators to support the curriculum. Wokeness is baked into the curriculum and it's publishing companies which create the curriculum. There's billions of dollars in curricular materials and so the publishing companies have lobbyists who get politicians to support them and they work strategically to get people who support them into top level union leadership. Teachers are bombarded by pressure from publishing companies, politicians, and administrators to follow THE ALMIGHTY CURRICULUM and if they fail to do so they risk reprimand and possible termination. Over the weekend I watched several news clips from Fox News and Newsmax and they all blamed teachers and teachers unions for wokeness and it is clear to me that Fox and Newsmax are completely wrong and should blame publishing companies, progressive democrats, and administrators instead.