Pat McCrory

Tuesday

Amber Duke

Exclusive: Pat McCrory appointee helps Biden restrict charter schools

A North Carolina school board member appointed by former Republican governor Pat McCrory appears to be backing the Biden administration on anti-school choice policies. McCrory, who is running for the open North Carolina Senate seat, appointed Eric Davis to the state school board in late 2014. Davis has been the school board chair since 2018. As The Spectator World reported in March, Davis was responsible for pushing Critical Race Theory in statewide education curricula, including approving a vote on teaching CRT to disabled pre-schoolers. He has referred to racism as a "social pandemic" and stated that "schools are not immune from these societal imperfections which diminish the education of every child in our state.

Friday

Amber Duke

Pat McCrory appointee brought CRT to North Carolina schools

GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory once appointed a state school board member who would become instrumental in adding Critical Race Theory to the curriculum in North Carolina public schools. McCrory, the former North Carolina governor, was tasked in December 2014 with replacing an outgoing member of the state school board with his own appointee. McCrory chose Eric Davis. "Eric Davis has a strong background in education oversight, having previously served as chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and on the CMS Superintendent's Standards Review Committee," McCrory said in a statement at the time. "We look forward to his work on the Board and the valuable insights he has gleaned from one of the state's largest school systems.

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