'We've found ourselves in a moment where we're allowing ourselves to be pitted against one another in all things...that everything has to be viewed through the lens of race,' GlennYoungkin said during a CNN town hall titled 'War Over Education.'
Youngkin, who won his 2021 election on a platform that heavily leaned on parental rights issues, took part in a CNN town hall with Jake Tapper on Thursday night on the"War Over Education" and defended his administration's policies on the teaching of critical race theory in schools, as well as how schools should respond to students seeking to identify with a gender different than their biological sex.
The studio audience, which featured a mix of Republicans and Democrats from all over Virginia, peppered Youngkin with questions on a wide range of topics during the hourlong town hall, from school policies on transgender students to school safety, student achievement, artificial intelligence in schools, and student mental health.
In response to the audience's and Tapper's questions, the governor defended his administration's move to develop new curriculum standards for history and said schools should not be sacrificing excellence for the sake of equity. "The reality is that when a school hires consultants to come in and teach equity for all students, equal outcomes for all students at any cost, we end up with these kinds of circumstances," Youngkin said, referring to reports from Fairfax County Public Schools that National Merit awards were withheld from students."We have to celebrate excellence. We shouldn't embrace equity at the expense of excellence.
"I've been so pleased by the fact that all the things we campaigned on we accomplished," Youngkin said."I have a big job. I love my job ... and I believe there's an enormous amount of work yet to do in Virginia. We've got a budget to negotiate. We've got a lot of work still to do in education. And every morning, I wake up, and I thank the Lord for putting me there. I asked him for help. And then I go to work with a spring in my step.
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