Ted Cruz's Daughters Attend a Private School That Is 'Anti-Racist'

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Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas helped lead the Republican charge against anti-racism efforts at a private school in Washington during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. But leaders at the private school in Houston where the senator sends his two daughters have articulated a similar commitment.

Cruz said during the hearing that the curriculum of Georgetown Day, an expensive private school in Northwest Washington where Jackson is one of 23 members of the board of trustees, was “filled and overflowing with critical race theory.” Critical race theory is an academic concept that Republicans have increasingly used as a vague, catchall term to criticize how educators infuse ideas about racism and inequality into curriculum.

Flanked Tuesday by a blown-up page from “Antiracist Baby,” by Ibram X. Kendi, Cruz held up book after book that he described as assigned reading at the school and grilled Jackson about whether she endorsed their messages.

Cruz’s comments were part of a surprising assault on Georgetown Day as Republicans sought to exploit barely coded appeals to racism during the hearing for Jackson, who is poised to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The school, which her daughter attends, has for decades educated children of the liberal and conservative elite. Parents who enroll their children pay more than $40,000 a year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ted-cruzs-daughters-attend-private-120159152.html

[dflprincess]

1. I hope the school has increased security

since Cruz broadcast it's name as often as he could - pointing his nutcase fans right at it

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2. Also, the children's book that Cruz was railing against,

the one he had shown with his poster boards, is on the shelf in the library that Cruz' kids attend.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. St. John's is an interesting school

My older two children graduated from this school. My oldest child's class had 64% of the class who were either National Merit semifinalist or National Merit Commended students. My middle child was two years behind my oldest child and her class was 72% national merit semifinalist or national merit commended students. I understand that class size has been increased and these numbers are now lower.

I was at a college counseling group meeting for my oldest child's class and the St. John's faculty bragged about rejecting both George W. Bush and Jeb as not being smart enough to cut it at this school. The amusing thing was that the Yale dean of admissions was one of the speakers and she admitted that W and Jeb got into Yale because they were legacies.

Most of the kids at this school were either legacies or the children of doctors or lawyers. At the testing event for middle school for each child, there were a dozen or so lawyers from big firms who I knew or parents in scrubs or doctor garb.

One of the extra-curricular activities that was popular at this school was the academic challenge/quiz bowl team (affectionally referred to as the "Nerd Squad" ). My oldest child has qualified for Jeopardy three times and four of my oldest child's classmates have been on Jeopardy. I got to watch the quiz bowl national tournament for one child's senior year. My middle child went to Chicago twice for nationals and one of of the moderators for a round was Ken Jennings. I got to hear this round simulcast and I save this clipping from Facebook post of the school's quiz bowl coach

Jennings was a reader at the NAQT High School National Championship tournament (Quiz Bowl) the summer after his long winning streak. The tournament organizers tucked him away in a small hotel room, and didn't mention his participation in any of the tournament promotional literature. Needless to say, he was a ROCK STAR in this sub-culture...the Jeopardy champion that every one of those kids dreamed of becoming. He was kind, gracious, generous with his time, and encouraging to every member of the St. John's team I was coaching at the time. I'll never forget the looks on their faces when we walked into the room and Jennings was there! He did it all with grace, wit, kindness, and a wicked sense of humor. He was also a damn good reader!! He certainly earned my enduring respect and admiration. Team Jennings, all the way!

On the simulcast, you could hear the coach ask for pictures with Jennings after the round (the sound was not turned off) and I had fun teasing the coach when I met then at the airport.

My oldest child sent me some materials from the NYT and the Houston paper where they are debating on if this school is "woke" that I may post tomorrow.

I saw that the book that Carnival Cruz attacked is at St. John's

Link to tweet

I saw that Carnival Cruz' oldest child was unhappy with him. See https://www.democraticunderground.com/113756163
I also saw that the parents in that school wanted to quarantine the Cruz kids when they got back from Cancun