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Roaring Fork district sought friendly press after legal threat over sex ed curriculum
Rocky Mountain Voice, Local, Top Stories

Roaring Fork district sought friendly press after legal threat over sex ed curriculum

By Kelly Notarfrancesco | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Slides from Roaring Fork School District's "Understanding Our Bodies" 3Rs lessons, including the "Making Sense of Puberty" 4th/5th grade deck and its "A Note on Language" slide on gender identity and anatomy. (Roaring Fork Schools) Kindergarten lessons including explicit discussion of genitalia and instructing children to learn that there are “some body parts that mostly just girls have and some body parts that mostly just boys have.” Second grade lessons including graphic anatomical images of nude children and training to recognize people based on their identities. Sixth grade lessons directing kids to visit non-academic websites that invite them to take advocacy action on LGBTQ+ issues. These and o...
Worried about what your child is reading at school? You’re not alone
Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Worried about what your child is reading at school? You’re not alone

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Substack Worried about your school requiring books that might conflict with your values? I am signed on to the Independence Institute’s newsletter. One installment last week had the following blurb written by Pam Benigno of their education policy center, quoted here at length and with links left intact:“Last week, I spoke at a women’s club about how Colorado’s Social Studies Academic Standards have been hijacked by those trying to shape young children’s hearts and minds by exposing young children to literature intended to “disrupt” their understanding of gender identity. Bringing some good news, I explained how Mahmoud v. Taylor, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, requires elementary schools to provide n...