In a statement released on Friday from the Office of Governor Kay Ivey, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (ADECE) has resigned after a pre-K educator resource book was pulled by the state that “contained a woke agenda.”
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - In a statement released on Friday from the Office of Governor Kay Ivey, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education has resigned after a pre-K educator resource book was pulled by the state that “contained a woke agenda.”
According to Ivey’s office, the book contained material that focused on ideas for teachers such as there being a “larger systemic force that perpetuate systems of White privilege,” that “the United States is built on systemic and structural racism,” and that it should be taught to pre-K students that “LGBTQIA+ need to hear and see messages that promote equality, dignity and worth.”
“The education of Alabama’s children is my top priority as governor, and there is absolutely no room to distract or take away from this mission,” said Governor Ivey. “Let me be crystal clear: Woke concepts that have zero to do with a proper education and that are divisive at the core have no place in Alabama classrooms at any age level, let alone with our youngest learners. We want our children to be focused on the fundamentals, such as reading and math.
In addition, following the memo being sent out, Ivey made the decision to change the leadership at ADECE and accepted Dr. Cooper’s resignation, effective immediately.
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