The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is sponsoring a teacher-designated event where the author of the controversial "1619 Project" will speak. OREGON PROMOTES TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO DISMANTLE RACISM IN MATHThe ODE confirmed to Fox News it was sponsoring the event. But Oregonians for Liberty in Education, a local education-advocacy group, told Fox News it was "concerned that the state department of education is sponsoring this webinar." The 1619 Project earned Jones a Pulitzer Prize, and the Pulitzer Center announced in 2019 it would partner with The New York Times in distributing 1619 materials to schools across the country. To counter the 1619 Project, former President Trump formed a "1776 Commission" that issued a report meant to support what Trump called "patriotic education."

Source: Fox News May 07, 2021 19:49 UTC