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North Carolina Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson proposes banning science from grades K-5 [1]
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Date: 2022-08-23
In his new personal memoir, North Carolina’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson dropped a number of eye-catching proposals — particularly about education. As reported by Raleigh’s WRAL:
Robinson said he’d work to keep history, science and a number of other subjects out of first through fifth grade curricula and instead prioritize reading, writing and math. “In those grades, we don’t need to be teaching social studies,” he writes. “We don’t need to be teaching science. We surely don’t need to be talking about equity and social justice.”
Abolishing public schools
Robinson proposed abolishing the state Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction (the state department of ed), suggesting that he might get rid of traditional public schools altogether:
“We need to build more, not limit them,” he says of charter schools. “And if we find success along the way, we should bring it into the system. We might adopt charter school methods throughout the system. We might see a mass exodus from the public schools entirely, and before you know it, traditional public schools might be a thing of the past.”
Views on Women
Robinson’s well-known issues with women came up again.
“I have found that women in general don’t like to be outtalked. When you go out in groups, it often comes down to discussions, women on one side, men on the other. And back then, I’d be just hurling it. Often women would get quite angry. They love to be able to talk a man into submission. And with me, it never happens. They can’t do it.”
Robinson has been the subject of long-running criticism about his views on women — in particular, those who don’t “know their place.”
Robinson also reiterated is intention to run for Governor of North Carolina in 2024 (current Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is term-limited). He is not expected to have any serious competition from other Republicans.
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