Alabama Governor Ousts Education Official for Promoting ‘Woke’ Materials

The secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education (ADECE) in Alabama has resigned after Gov. Kay Ivey (R) learned of “woke concepts” included in a resource book for pre-K educators, Fox News reported Saturday. 

Ivey’s office sent out a press release on Friday announcing that the previous week, the administration was informed about “concerning content” in the resource book and said the material is “simply not in line with what the Ivey Administration or the people of Alabama stand for or believe.” 

Ivey said in a statement:

The education of Alabama’s children is my top priority as governor, and there is absolutely no room to distract or take away from this mission. Let me be crystal clear: Woke concepts that have zero to do with a proper education and that are divisive at the core have no place in Alabama classrooms at any age level, let alone with our youngest learners.