How ‘Science’ Went Woke

Plus: The Insidious Teaching Tool You’ve Never Heard O December 6 2021 Good morning from Washington, where we’re mourning [Bob Dole](), the former Senate Republican leader and presidential candidate who died yesterday at age 98. It’s doubtful Dole would recognize the “science” that Jarrett Stepman describes being advanced by today’s social justice warriors. On the podcast, Doug Blair explores the leftist trend of social-emotional learning with an Indiana teacher who was fired for objecting to it. Plus: a nonprofit snags Biden administration contracts despite past improprieties; parents fight schools that encourage secret gender transitions; and your letters in defense of education. Sixty years ago today, Syracuse running back Ernie Davis becomes the first black player to win college football's Heisman Trophy. COMMENTARY [How ‘Science’ Went Woke]() [How ‘Science’ Went Woke]() By Jarrett Stepman If you want to work or operate in most elite institutions, you increasingly need to declare a woke statement of faith. [More]() ANALYSIS [Social-Emotional Learning: The Insidious Teaching Tool You’ve Never Heard Of]() [Social-Emotional Learning: The Insidious Teaching Tool You’ve Never Heard Of]() By Douglas Blair Jennifer McWilliams was a teacher in Indiana when she noticed that social-emotional learning was being taught. When she voiced her concerns about the racist ideology, she was fired. [More]() NEWS [Biden HHS Awards $77M in Contracts to Nonprofit Cited for Mishandling Children at Border]() [Biden HHS Awards $77M in Contracts to Nonprofit Cited for Mishandling Children at Border]() By Fred Lucas The Biden administration approves $77.5 million for a nonprofit, even though it previously didn’t properly document the release of hundreds of border-crossing children. [More]() COMMENTARY [Parents Across Country Sue Schools Over Clandestine Gender Transitions]() [Parents Across Country Sue Schools Over Clandestine Gender Transitions]() By Harold Hutchison “Mom, I had a meeting today about my name, and they asked me which restroom I wanted to use,” a 13-year-old girl reportedly told her mother. [More]() COMMENTARY [We Hear You: Questioning School Madness and Vaccine Mandates]() [We Hear You: Questioning School Madness and Vaccine Mandates]() By Ken McIntyre “Government officials have had over a year and half to come up with some recommendations, but all they can do is create crises to justify the Biden vaccine mandate,” writes Philip G. Daspit. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: The Third Worldizing of America]() [ICYMI: The Third Worldizing of America]() By Victor Davis Hanson In my travels, I observed some common characteristics of a so-called Third World society. All of them might feel increasingly familiar to contemporary Americans. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [Donate to The Daily Signal]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Follow us on Twitter]() [Follow us on Twitter]() How are we doing?We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [letters@dailysignal.com](). The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]() Add [morningbell@heritage.org]() to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]()