“Let me be crystal clear: Woke concepts that have zero to do with a proper education and that are divisive at the core have no place in Alabama classrooms at any age level …”

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, regarding the dismissal of her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that has teaching of “woke concepts” through language about inclusion and structural racism. The book is for early childhood educators and is not a curriculum taught to children. (NPR — April 22, 2023)