From Campus To Classroom How CRT and DEI Mandates Reach K-12 Schools
By Reagan Dugan and Paul Runko | Commentary, The Daily Signal
A recent report from Defending Education has found that more than half of collegiate social work programs appear to embed anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion standards into their core competencies, admissions requirements, and field work evaluations.
This is not by accident. The sole accreditor of these schools, the Council on Social Work Education, requires adherence to these standards.
This means, in practice, that left-wing ideologies—many of which promote discrimination on the basis of race—are de facto orthodoxy in most of the nation’s social work programs, just so the institution can remain accredited.
This accreditation is required for graduates of these program...
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