{"id":5913,"date":"2023-11-28T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:17:52","slug":"teacher-breaks-down-in-tears-during-resignation-after-refusing-to-teach-crt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=5913","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Breaks Down In Tears During Resignation After Refusing To Teach CRT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Morris, a former fifth-grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia, left her position due to her refusal to teach critical race theory (CRT).<\/p>\n<p>During a Loudoun County School Board meeting, Morris emotionally expressed her opposition to the board\u2019s \u201chighly-politicized agendas\u201d and resigned. She criticized the equity training and curriculum changes related to CRT, which explores how racism is embedded in societal structures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-quits-critical-race-theory-2-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-quits-critical-race-theory-2-jpg.webp 634w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-quits-critical-race-theory-2-jpg-300x187.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Morris explained, \u201cI quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly-politicized agendas on our most vulnerable constituents \u2013 the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also raised concerns about her personal life being affected by the school district\u2019s political agenda. Morris received emails cautioning against dissenting opinions even in her personal life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-quits-critical-race-theory-1-375x500-1-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-quits-critical-race-theory-1-375x500-1-jpg.webp 375w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/teacher-quits-critical-race-theory-1-375x500-1-jpg-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by the lack of consideration for concerned citizens and what she perceived as the district\u2019s bias against certain demographics, Morris chose to resign.<\/p>\n<p>In her passionate speech, Morris encouraged parents and staff to explore alternative educational options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Morris, a former fifth-grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia, left her position due to her refusal to teach critical race theory (CRT). During a Loudoun County School Board meeting, Morris emotionally expressed her opposition to the board\u2019s \u201chighly-politicized agendas\u201d and resigned. She criticized the equity training and curriculum changes related to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5916,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}