Media: Conservative Reaction to CRT Is 'White Privilege'

Culture
Abigail Streetman
June 15th, 2021 1:58 PM

Critical Race Theory has been all the rage this year, literally. The media have adopted its language and assumptions, while companies, governments and even the U.S. government have inflicted the ideological poison on their personnel. And yes, it has crept into some schools. the mainstream media can’t stop talking about it. Conservatives have had enough of the left-wing indoctrination and many…

 

Press Virtually Mum As Arne Duncan Blames Common Core Opposition on 'W

Tom Blumer
November 17th, 2013 4:56 PM
Will yet another example of rhetorical intemperance by an Obama administration official get a free pass? So far it mostly has. A Washington Post item by Valerie Strauss at its "Answer Sheet" blog quotes a dispatch from Libbly Nelson at the Politico, but does not link to it. I couldn't find a related original story by Nelson at her Politico archive or in a Politico search on Education…
 

WashPost's Strauss, Who Sends Her Kids to Private Schools, Rails Again

Ken Shepherd
May 30th, 2012 11:11 AM
The Washington Post's Valerie Strauss -- who sends her daughters to private schools -- lashed out recently in her The Answer Sheet blog against Mitt Romney's ideas for education reform, in which school vouchers are a central piece. Romney's ideas are predicated on "an ideology that demonizes unions." Strauss complained in her May 24 post -- which was also printed in the May 28 Washington Post…
 

WaPo: Arne Duncan Offered to Meet Matt Damon at the Airport Before Pro

Tim Graham
August 29th, 2011 7:55 AM
Washington Post education columnist Valerie Strauss reported Monday that people in the Obama administration made several desperate attempts to lobby actor Matt Damon just before he spoke at last month's "Save Our Schools" rally in Washington D.C., blasting an emphasis on standardized tests and insisting he would never have become a movie star under that kind of education system. Citing…