Teacher of the Year says he was reassigned for 3 months after 'too harshly' stopping 2 male students from attacking female



Kumar Rashad — who was named the Kentucky Department of Education's Teacher of the Year in September — told WDRB-TV that in October he was reassigned for three months after "too harshly" stopping two male students from attacking a female student.

What are the details?

A math teacher in Louisville's Breckinridge Metropolitan High School, Rashad told the station after the incident officials reassigned him to "non-instructional duties" at the Special Needs East Bus Compound.

WDRB said Jefferson County Public Schools wouldn't say why Rashad was reassigned — but he gave his side of the story Thursday, one day before he began resuming his teaching duties.

"I saw two males attack a female, and I went to the female's rescue, and I removed the two students off of that female," Rashad told the station. "The two students said I removed them too harshly."

Rashad noted to WLKY-TV that the two male students complained about him to the powers that be.

He was not about to apologize, however, telling WLKY: "Please understand, in the community, in school, anywhere I am going, I will never allow a lady to be attacked by a male."

Rashad noted to WDRB that what happened to him "shines a light on problems in the district" — one of them being that "many educators" are "reassigned for frivolous reasons."

Rashad added to WDRB that the investigation is over, and he was cleared to return Friday to the classroom — which the school district confirmed.

He also noted to WDRB that investigations must be completed more swiftly.

WDRB added that Rashad also briefly served as a Louisville Metro Council member, representing District 3.

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Free Black Thought co-founder, professor shreds school district's 'anti-racist math' training as pushing 'victim narrative'



Erec Smith, professor at York College in Pennsylvania and Free Black Thought co-founder, told Fox News that a Kentucky school district's recent anti-racist training is perpetuating a "victim narrative."

What are the details?

Smith told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday that Louisville's Jefferson County Public Schools' "anti-racist mathematics" is feeding into a dangerous belief that everything has racist connotations.

"What is going on is that everything has to cater to a victim narrative," Smith said. "And when I say everything, I mean everything. The powers that be among the anti-racist circles, for example, really want to be thorough about this. And when I say 'thorough,' I mean thorough, yes, math is racist. They're going to racialize breakfast cereal soon! They want to touch on everything."

According to the College Fix, the district's yearlong program — "Anti-Racist Mathematics" — aims to "eliminate curricular violence and innovate mathematics education" through "anti-bias, anti-racist, and racially equitable practices."

The Fix reported that educators are set to engage in regular monthly sessions with Lateefah Id-Deen, an assistant professor of mathematics education at Kennesaw State University, beginning in August. The program will focus on "topics like white supremacy in mathematics, racial trauma in mathematics, and creating anti-racist lesson plans."

What else?

In his remarks to Fox News, Smith added that "pragmatism is a lost concept among contemporary anti-racists," and said that the social justice movement is even permeating other areas of education now including English language.

"So, this is not just a math thing," he added. "And, obviously, to a 5-year-old, this is not good for black students."

He concluded, "Let's make no mistake that racism is an industry in America. There is money to be made. Not just giving speeches but giving workshops or giving curricula that is quote, unquote, anti-racist when it's actually quite racist."