Ed Dennison + Critical Race Theory: ALL over the map
Alleged Republican Ed Dennison, an incumbent on the Moore County Board of Education, is really mastering this politics stuff. During the current debate over the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in the county’s classrooms, ol’ Ed has said a lot without really saying ANYTHING. He’s against CRT, but votes against proposals to restrict or outright ban its teaching. He claims it is “micromanaging” for the board to inspect prospective curriculum items, but then tells some people it’s important for the board to do it. While telling whatever audience he’s in front of exactly what they want to hear, Ed Dennison is actually keeping alive the specter of Neo-Marxist, race-baiting propaganda that is assured to keep our public schools continuing on their current course down the toilet drain.
Here’s a pretty good explanation on just what critical race theory is.
A concerned taxpayer shared with us their recent email conversation with Dennison:
[…] Thanks, Ed. I trust you mean what you say. We’ve talked several times over the years, especially about curriculum, and you have always told me that curriculum was “not my job”; that your job was hiring, firing and budget. The only way to keep CRT from our doors is to prohibit it, which Bob Levy’s resolution will do. Your vote will tell us all we need to know.[…]
Here’s Dennison’s response:
[…] Please let me know when I told you curriculum was not my job. My job is now and always has been to make the decisions I thought were best for our students.[…]
[…] The vote on the proposed policy to ban Critical Race Theory failed by a 4-3 margin, with Libby Carter, Stacey Caldwell, Ed Dennison and Pam Thompson opposed to adopting it.Those board members said that there are no plans to base any Moore County Schools curriculum on Critical Race Theory, but that on principle they’re opposed to establishing board policies mandating or limiting school curriculum.[…]
{…] Ed Dennison and Libby Carter, who also sit on the board’s policy committee, said they’re wary of Critical Race Theory as well. But they deflected debate over the theory itself with assertions that it isn’t currently taught in Moore County Schools.[…]
Right. The question under debate is whether to ban it from ever being implemented.
But Roy Cooper and the state are preparing to shove it all down our throats. (And the Republican-controlled General Assembly has passed a ban on CRT. Why can’t the school board in rock-ribbed Republican Moore County?)
Apparently, ol’ Ed thinks the schools should be self-governing:
[…] Last week at the school board meeting, board members Libby Carter, Ed Dennison, Stacey Caldwell and Pam Thompson said that adopting such a policy would be an inappropriate step toward micromanaging school curriculum.[..]
Wait. In his email above to the concerned taxpayer, ol’ Ed said overseeing the school curriculum IS his job. (Boy, this guy is all over the place.)
*Sure. Let’s leave ALL the heavy lifting to the bureaucrats and keep going with the practice of the people’s elected representatives / watchdogs playing the part of spectator. *
Dennison is not the only double-talking Republican on Critical Race Theory. The GOP-appointed UNC-CH trustees are supporting CRT teaching big time at UNC. They also just allowed the appointment of the nation’s biggest CRT advocate to a prestigious endowed professorship at UNC. You simply cannot trust these Republicans. They are worse liars than the Dems. And it starts with the GOP legislature.
These are the squishes from the Burr/Romney/Tillis/Moore wing of the GOP. Spineless Dinosaurs. Such people are responsible for the rise of the Tea Party whose candidate Donald Trump won huge victories in 2016 and 2020. That young families reject the infiltration by the far-left into goverment schools and colleges can be clearly seen declining enrollments there and explosive growth at private, charter and home schools, None of these need a school board, a superintendent, central administration, teacher union, teacher tenure, or government oversight. That is what has the left and RINOs hysterical with fear as they can not stop the exodus they have caused.
To Kent: Well whatever….all I know is that the Republicans have put the RINO squishes in charge of UNC and it has gone to hell!