IN THE NEWS---ALABAMA EDUCATION DIRECTOR OUSTED OVER WOKE TRAINING BOOK

Alabama education director ousted over 'woke' training book--Story by By KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press • Yesterday 7:44 PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts" because of language about inclusion and structural racism.Barbara Cooper was forced out as as head of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education after Ivey expressed concern over the distribution of the book to state-run pre-kindergartens. Ivey spokesperson Gina Maiola identified the book as the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Developmentally Appropriate Practice Book, 4th edition.  MORE AT Alabama education director ousted over 'woke' training book (msn.com)