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Virginia's GOP governor shut down a hotline that parents could use to report 'critical race theory'
because not enough people were sending tipsInsider via Yahoo News
Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia shut down a hotline designed to field complaints about "critical race theory," because not enough people were sending in tips.
"The help education email was deactivated in September, as it had received little to no volume during that time," Macaulay Porter, a Youngkin spokeswoman, said in a statement.
The tip line was initially set up to flag instances of schools teaching critical race theory — a college-level academic framework looking at how racism has shaped public policy — which became a target for conservative politicians as school board and local elections heated up.
Critical race theory is rarely, if ever, taught in pre-college US education, but the academic concept became a flash point of the Virginia gubernatorial election that Youngkin won, Insider's Gwen Aviles previously reported.
After he was elected, Youngkin announced the hotline, saying in January that the goal was to have parents report "any instances where they feel that their fundamental rights are being violated" or if schools are participating in "inherently divisive practices."
But according to USA Today, few parents were sending in tips about CRT. In fact, they were using the hotline to write to the office about special-education violations, to express concerns about academics, and to praise teachers.
"The help education email was deactivated in September, as it had received little to no volume during that time," Macaulay Porter, a Youngkin spokeswoman, said in a statement.
The tip line was initially set up to flag instances of schools teaching critical race theory — a college-level academic framework looking at how racism has shaped public policy — which became a target for conservative politicians as school board and local elections heated up.
Critical race theory is rarely, if ever, taught in pre-college US education, but the academic concept became a flash point of the Virginia gubernatorial election that Youngkin won, Insider's Gwen Aviles previously reported.
After he was elected, Youngkin announced the hotline, saying in January that the goal was to have parents report "any instances where they feel that their fundamental rights are being violated" or if schools are participating in "inherently divisive practices."
But according to USA Today, few parents were sending in tips about CRT. In fact, they were using the hotline to write to the office about special-education violations, to express concerns about academics, and to praise teachers.