We All Must Choose Wisely

Educating children is an important obligation of society. As President Joe Biden states in his inaugural speech, "Each of us has a duty and responsibility to defend the truth and defeat the lies". Education is a choice between lies and truth. This week, this choice has been laid before us. One side talks about White Supremacy. The other talks about a "a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother" who "can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one". Education is about finding who we are. Education must tell us the realities of the past and the truth that we are still striving, growing and learning. We all must choose wisely. One side rewrites history while the other simply tells. The 1776 report, now rightly abandoned by President Biden, is not intended for cultivating a better education for our children. Its main purpose is to derail our path to that more perfect union we all aspire. The following excerp