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Providence Teacher Ramona Bessinger On Biased CRT Curriculum: It’s “very stressful for me as an educator to have to teach … a partial truth”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2021 20 Comments

"we cannot omit entire segments of U.S., American history and world literature. And certainly we can't stop teaching the Holocaust."...

Providence Teachers Union Confirms Affinity Group Segregation, Historical Books Destroyed, Holocaust Education Ended (Ramona Bessinger Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2021 25 Comments

Union president: "So there's people of color in one group and white folks in another group...

I’m A Middle School Teacher And See How Critical Race Curriculum Is Creating Racial Hostility In School

Posted by Ramona Bessinger on July 13, 2021 193 Comments

I have been a public school teacher for the past 22 years, with the past seven in Providence, Rhode Island. I have had the honor of serving public school children and their families as an English teacher first at the high school level, and currently at the middle school level.

Teacher Union in Rhode Island Says it Will Fight Any Attempt to Stop the Teaching of Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 10, 2021 7 Comments

"We want all children—regardless of race, ethnicity or ZIP code—to become critical thinkers who hear the truth about our country’s history"...

‘Rise of the Moors’ Militia Group Arrest Does Not Fit The Media and Government Narrative

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 09, 2021 44 Comments

On the weekend of the 4th, state police in Massachusetts ended up in an hours-long highway standoff with an armed group of men who identify as part of a group called "Rise of the Moors." They claim to be sovereign and above the laws of the United States. The national media is, for the most part, ignoring the story, and certainly is not giving it the obsessive coverage it would have received if the race of the group members was different.

University of Rhode Island Decides to Keep Campus Mural Despite Complaints About Lack of Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2021 1 Comment

"Last year, URI said it received numerous complaints from students who felt there was a lack of diversity"...

Rhode Island Mom Involved In Critical Race Public Records Fight And Targeted By NEA Gets High-Powered Legal Help

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2021 31 Comments

Nicole Solas "Gets Legal Firepower from Goldwater Institute"...

Roger Williams University School of Law Will Now Require Course on Race and Law

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 30, 2021 3 Comments

"RWU Law adopted a Strategic Plan for Diversity & Inclusion in 2017."...

“Parents Will Prevail” – Rhode Island Mom Nicole Solas Reacts To Resignation of Pro-Critical Race School Board Member Who Smeared Her

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2021 27 Comments

South Kingstown (RI) School Committee Chair Emily Cummiskey resigns. Solas: "I am still owed a public apology and retraction but Cummiskey's resignation sends a new message: parents will prevail. Retaliation against parents seeking information about their child's education will backfire...

Sheldon Whitehouse Was Too Busy ‘Ralphing’ and ‘Boofing’ To Notice His Beach Club Was All White

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 51 Comments

Is it fair? An all-white club is not the same as a whites-only club. But the blowtorch of the Senate doesn't deserve nuance. Whatever it is, go ahead and mock him for this....

CRT Battlefront: Rhode Island School Superintendents’ Plan To Limit Public Records Requests Runs Into Possible ACLU Roadblock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 12 Comments

I recently posted about a behind-the-scenes effort by the Rhode Island School Superintendents Association (RISSA), together with unions and friendly legislators, to curtail public rights under the RI Access to Public Records Act (APRA), in reaction to voluminous public records requests filed by South Kingstown mom Nicole Solas seeking information about Critical Race and Gender teaching in school.

RI School Superintendents Group: “We all know many of our citizens live in a separate news reality with Fox, Newsmax and their ilk”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2021 76 Comments

The South Kingstown, Rhode Island, School Committee triggered a national controversy when it threatened to sue local mother Nicole Solas, who has a child enrolled in kindergarten for the fall, alleging Solas was serving too many public information requests regarding Critical Race and Gender efforts in the schools.

Rhode Island to Require Students Attend Financial Literacy Classes

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 20, 2021 10 Comments

Gov. Dan McKee signed the mandate into law, making Rhode Island the 7th state to adopt such a program....

Update: Smear of Mom Nicole Solas Was Prepared By Public Relations Firm Hired By South Kingstown (RI) School Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 09, 2021 68 Comments

Emily Cummiskey steps down as Chair of School Committee, blames others for smear of Nicole: "The PR firm delivered me three statements, one for social media, one for Fox news, and one to read at last Wednesday's meeting."...

South Kingstown Mom Nicole Solas: “They smear people who ask them questions, who disagree with them”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2021 25 Comments

Nicole Solas is the mother whose child is enrolled to enter kindergarten in the South Kingstown, Rhode Island, school district, and has been in the news after the School Committee threatened to sue her for filing a series of public record requests concerning Critical Race and Gender theory in public schools.

South Kingstown (RI) School Committee Votes NOT To Sue Mom Nicole Solas Who Sought CRT Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2021 72 Comments

Nicole Solas is the mother whose child is enrolled to enter kindergarten in the South Kingstown, Rhode Island, school district.

I’m A Mom Seeking Records Of Critical Race and Gender Curriculum, Now The School Committee May Sue To Stop Me (Update)

Posted by Nicole Solas on June 01, 2021 121 Comments

I am a mother in the South Kingstown School District in Rhode Island investigating through public records requests how critical race and gender theories are integrated into lessons, school policies, and contracts. Now the School Committee is considering suing me to stop me.

Barrington (RI) United Veterans Against Critical Race Indoctrination (Online Event – May 23, 8 p.m. Eastern)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2021 4 Comments

On May 23, 2021, at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Barrington (Rhode Island) United Veterans Council (BUVC), with the financial and logistical support of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, is holding an online webinar pushing back against the surge of Critical Race Theory indoctrination locally and throughout the state, Unity Not Division: A Non-Racist Approach to Community & Education. REGISTER HERE.

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