Education reform group praises decision

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has amended a proposal to give grant money to curricula that promotes Critical Race Theory and antiracism.

The decision has drawn praise from an education reform group that mobilized people to submit public comment on the proposed rule.

Parents Defending Education thanked Cardona for deciding to “change course on the new federal grants for the American History and Civics Education programs.”

The Department of Education withdrew “the requirement that grantees incorporate curriculum and instruction based on or similar to the 1619 Project or the works of Ibram X. Kendi.”

“It is our hope that this change in the ‘proposed priorities’ is a sign of the administration’s recommitment to historical accuracy and civics education over ideology and advocacy,” PDE said.

PDE took credit for initiating the edit to the grant program. The education group said:


https://www.regulations.gov/document/ED-2021-OESE-0033-0001

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