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Concerns about Critical Race Theory in Public Schools; brings about new Policies in Kennewick and Richland

From Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center "In response to concerns in the community that Critical Race Theory and other racist ideas are Liv Finne Washington Policy Center Education Director being promoted in public schools, education leaders in Richland have clarified school policies on protecting basic civil rights and treating all students with equal dignity. Last month, on October 25, the Richland School Board voted 4-1 to approve a policy with title ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2023-01-09T12:15:29-08:00January 9, 2023|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment

The Parental School Revolt Continues voters delivered a message to incumbents in April

In Whatcom County of 8 challenged seats on the school boards 4 went to challengers.Read the Local Story Here. In Whatcom County in the November 2021 Elections 4 school board challengers were elected replacing 4 out of the 8 incumbents running for school board positions in Whatcom County. Generally speaking the Unions reaction to COVID and the curriculum battles over CRT along with other items have continued to draw the attention of voters nationwide; ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-10-25T03:26:00-07:00June 9, 2022|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Brandi Kruse current podcast:Education vs. Activism

January 21st Podcast by Brandi Krause... The [un]Divided Podcast: Public schools prioritizing activism over education. Also: Seattle has a new city attorney – can Republican Ann Davison help turn things around? https://audioboom.com/posts/8014550 https://www.thefourthcorner.com/brandi-kruse-products/

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-01-24T11:32:00-08:00January 24, 2022|Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

The Fourth Corner Best of 2021

2021 has been a great year for The Fourth Corner: Over 108 Stories and more than 20 Candidate’s written statements as well as a revamping of our website, improving our email delivery system, and the debut of our monthly Radio Show on KGMI’s Saturday Morning live. We plan to continue to bring you even more information in 2022 with our ongoing recruitment of great Guest Writers, our coverage from a citizens perspective, and guests ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-12-18T12:08:54-08:00December 18, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

It’s time to stop complaining and get involved… Guest Writer Nancy Churchill

Dangerous Rhetoric by Nancy Churchill Nancy Churchill is the state committeewoman for the Ferry County Republican Party.. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. A Wonderful Future Lies Ahead Just before the Thanksgiving Holiday, President Trump published a message of hope on his Telegram channel. He said, “A very interesting time in our country, but do not worry, we will be great again—and we will all do it ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-30T11:16:50-08:00November 30, 2021|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

Stop diverting education money to WSSDA’s lobbying operation

WSSSA-- Washington State School Director's Association. Stop diverting education money to WSSDA’s lobbying operation and fund music, art and athletic programs instead Washington Policy Center's Education Director Liv Finne takes on part of the State of Washington Education Machine. She points out some of the recent job the School Directors Association has been doing with Critical Race Theory and other distractions from Student Learning. AUTHOR Liv Finne Washington Policy Center Education Director ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-11T19:45:13-08:00November 11, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

Ferndale School District Equity Director Resigns

Another School District Equity Person hits a snag. The education system is doing its best to be "Equity" sensitive and getting volunteers and actually hiring "Equity personnel" with little real background checking or due diligence of the applicants. The First one we ran across was a volunteer in the Tahoma School District. This from a 770 KTTH story by Jason Rantz... The following from his article: A local school district’s equity team leader ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-11T05:52:03-08:00November 10, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|5 Comments

Elections bring changes to Whatcom County School Districts

Whatcom County School Districts: The Pandemic, Sex Education, and equity education generated a great deal of interest in School Board Races around the State. Here's what happened in Whatcom There were 14 school board positions to be filled in this election cycle in Whatcom County School Districts. Results show change in many North County School Districts... Bellingham, the largest district with over 12,000 FTE students (according to the Office of Superintendent of Public ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-11-10T20:02:36-08:00November 10, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|1 Comment

What does the School Directors Association of Washington think about Parents

Dangerous Rhetoric by Nancy Churchill Nancy Churchill is the state committeewoman for the Ferry County Republican Party. She may be reached at DangerousRhetoric@pm.me. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. The Fourth Corner article on WSSDA is here... "equity in a divided community" was one of the Subjects. What does WSSDA think about Parents? Since we currently have school board elections on our ballots here in Washington state, ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-10-27T09:55:32-07:00October 27, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

See all endorsements AND School Board races in the Fourth Corner Show great Interest

Several issues have increased interest in local school board races. Make sure you know what the facts are. In the 5 counties in the Northwest Corner of the state there is more than average interest in the School Board Races. From Male/Female bathrooms to Sex Education to Critical Race Theory and the COVID pandemic schools are facing several challenges on keeping their focus on the traditional goals of Student learning and Teachers training to ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-10-15T11:24:17-07:00October 15, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Education, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment