Pennsylvania to rescind 'woke' teacher development standards, settles lawsuit

Pennsylvania to rescind 'woke' teacher development standards, settles lawsuit

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has agreed not to require school districts to implement teacher professional development guidelines critics denounced as "woke" in response to a lawsuit challenging the framework.

The Thomas More Society, a religious liberty-focused legal organization, announced it settled with the Pennsylvania Department of Education last week. The agency agreed to rescind its "Culturally-Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines," first implemented in November 2022. The standards in question became the subject of litigation in April 2023. 

"We are incredibly pleased with this settlement agreement, which forces the Pennsylvania Department of Education to rescind the state's 'Culturally-Relevant and Sustaining Education' guidelines — securing an important victory for Pennsylvania parents, students, and teachers," said Thomas More Society Special Counsel Thomas Berth. "Our agreement is a triumph against the Department's blatantly ideological and illegal attempt to inject 'woke' activism into school curricula across Pennsylvania."

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