Perhaps the only positive result of COVID-19 lockdowns was the renewed focus on education, and, for many, having a better understanding of what our kids are being taught. The push by liberal politicians and administrators to force virtual learning against the CDC’s guidelines allowed parents a first hand look into their children’s curriculums – and it wasn’t pretty.
In many districts, the fundamental topics of reading, writing, math, and science have been replaced with ideologically based education that looks at everything through the divisive prism of race. Innocent children had been placed into categories like “oppressed” and “oppressors.”
In no state was the backlash to this dangerous and divisive rhetoric felt more than right here in Virginia, which was largely credited with triggering last year’s Republican sweep.
As an American of Hispanic descent, my children will not be led to believe they’re oppressed in the greatest country in the world. Nor will we allow them to be told that their white friends and classmates are their oppressors.
Divisive ideologies like this aren’t the only issues with our educational system, but they’re a consequence of a larger movement which seeks to lower educational standards and place our children behind the curve. Talks of eliminating advanced math classes and the dangerous results of state laws like HB257 are other examples of why choice and competition in education is needed more than ever.
Competition in education, like every aspect of life, breeds excellence. As your voice in Washington, I will be a fierce advocate for parental rights and allow money earmarked for education to follow our children to receive the education best suited for them – whether it be public, private, charter, vocational or home school. We must fund students, not systems. In Congress, I’ll fight on behalf of our parents and students so that education dollars follow our families.
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