Woke Culture Comes for America’s High Schools

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🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

High schools across America are embracing a woke curriculum. Charles Fain Lehman, adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, says he is troubled by a trend in education of embracing wokeness above reason and fact.

Lehman, who is also a staff writer at The Washington Free Beacon, joins the show to discuss his recent article "American High Schools Go Woke" and how this development may affect the nation years from now.

You can follow Lehman's work and read his other pieces here.

We also cover these stories:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the length of a quarantine after exposure to the coronavirus may be shortened from 14 days to seven to 10 days.
CDC Director Robert Redfield says America could see a massive spike in COVID-19 cases this winter.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asks the Supreme Court to hear an emergency appeal on Pennsylvania's election results.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, December 3rd. I'm Rastel Judas.
0:09.7	And I'm Virginia Allen. Woke Culture is quickly infiltrating America Schools. Charles
0:16.5	Fain Lehman, a journalist at Washington Free Beacon and an adjunct fellow at the
0:21.6	Manhattan Institute joins the show to discuss his recent article,
0:26.2	American High Schools Go Woke, and the impact Progressive Woke Initiatives are having on our nation.
0:33.2	Don't forget if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a
0:37.8	five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
0:41.9	Now on to our top news.
0:45.0	The CDC says that quarantine time following coronavirus exposure might be shortened.
0:56.5	While the original suggested quarantine was 14 days, the CDC has shortened the
1:01.2	recommended quarantine to 7 or ten days.
1:04.5	Per USA Today, the new guidelines announced Wednesday say individuals who have close contact
1:09.7	with an infected person can end their quarantine after seven days if they receive a
1:14.4	negative test or after 10 days without a test.
1:17.8	CDC Director Robert Redfield says America could see a massive spike in COVID cases this winter.
1:26.5	Speaking at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event Wednesday, Redfield said the reality is
1:32.0	December and January and February are going to be rough times.
1:37.1	I actually believe they're going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation.
1:44.0	About 270,000 people have already died from the virus in America,
1:49.0	and Redfield predicts that number could increase to 450,000 by the end of the winter.
1:56.4	The CDC director added that mitigation works.
2:00.0	The challenge with this virus is it's not going to work if half of us do what we need to do.
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