Last month, Washington Elementary Public School District, near Phoenix, ended their ties with Arizona Christian University by prohibiting the school’s student teachers from gaining experience in their schools. Never mind that they’ve been working with ACU for 11 years, or that the state has a severe teacher shortage.
The problem? The students are Christian, and they come from a university which actually lives its Christian worldview. And that was a bridge too far for the Washington Elementary public school board. They felt that having ACU students serve as student teachers wouldn’t be “safe” for LGBT children. Never mind that the district has partnered with the university for 11 years, and that there had been no complaints, either.
How did this all start? Let me introduce you to the cat woman (yes, she wears cat ears) who started it all.
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