ATLANTA — The Georgia Professional Standards Commission voted unanimously June 8 to delete “woke” words including “equity” and “inclusion” from the state’s teacher preparation rules.
Along with “diversity,” a word the commission voted last month to delete from the preparation standards, the changes were requested by the University System of Georgia to clarify expectations for incoming teachers, commission Chairman Brian Sirmans said. Such words have come to mean different things to different people in recent years and have made interpreting them difficult, Sirmans said he was told by university system officials.
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