Alabama Governor Ousts Education Director Over Teacher Training Book

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that she denounced as teaching "woke concepts"
Barbara Cooper was forced out as head of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education after Ivey expressed concern over the distribution of the book to state-run pre-kindergartens.
The book in question is the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Developmentally Appropriate Practice Book, 4th edition.
Ivey's office cited two examples from the book discussing white privilege and LGBTQ+ inclusion, but the book is a guide for early childhood educators and not a curriculum taught to children.
NAEYC is a national accrediting board that provides high-quality education materials and resources for young children, and the book is a research-based resource for educators.