Schools for scandal
2 years, 5 months ago

Schools for scandal

The Economist  

United States | Schools for scandal “Critical race theory” is being weaponised. With the help of Mr Rufo, now a director of an “initiative” on crt at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think-tank, critical race theory, once an obscure academic topic, became a prominent Republican issue in a matter of weeks. “I can describe the academic discipline of Critical Race Theory which, in many ways, is irrelevant to this conversation…” kimberlé crenshaw Is bringing such issues into the classroom a good or bad thing? Some conservatives see opposition to crt as a way to galvanise support for “school choice”, a policy that allows public money to fund pupils in other public or private schools.

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'Just not taught': Republicans get pushback as they attack critical race theory in House
2 weeks, 5 days ago

'Just not taught': Republicans get pushback as they attack critical race theory in House

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers railed against what they called “woke” curriculum in schools during a Wednesday hearing in a U.S. House education panel, the latest example of culture wars rocking public education policy. Though critical race theory is used in college and graduate-level programs, GOP members on the U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education said the …

Even kids are now living in fear as they’re harassed by Christian nationalist bullies
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Even kids are now living in fear as they’re harassed by Christian nationalist bullies

Raw Story  

The news has been all over Nikki Haley’s inability to say “slavery” before she was called out on it, but few are pointing to the larger issue: the institutionalization of racism through American law that has happened in 16 Red states now as well as in hundreds of smaller towns and individual schools. From Florida to Texas to little towns …

Temecula school district sued over its ban of critical race theory
1 year, 4 months ago

Temecula school district sued over its ban of critical race theory

LA Times  

Standing left to right are attorneys Mark Rosenbaum, Amanda Mangaser Savage and Scott Humphreys along with teachers Dawn Murray-Sibby, Amy Eytchison and Jennifer Scharf — all taking part in a lawsuit against the Temecula school district’s ban of critical race theory. The Temecula Valley Unified School District faces litigation over a ban it enacted on critical race theory, taking the …

The Real Dangers Of The Right-Wing Attacks On Anti-Racist Education
2 years, 7 months ago

The Real Dangers Of The Right-Wing Attacks On Anti-Racist Education

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Last Saturday, a white 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding three more. “If you guys want to know why I’m thinking about quitting at the end of the year, it’s because of these types of policies — the fact that I have to have this conversation with …

GOP Outraged By Ketanji Brown Jackson's Link To School Teaching Anti-Racism
2 years, 9 months ago

GOP Outraged By Ketanji Brown Jackson's Link To School Teaching Anti-Racism

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans targeted U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday over her connection to a school that teaches anti-racism, branding the curriculum under the GOP boogeyman of “critical race theory.” In an email blast telling supporters that Jackson serves on the board of trustees at Georgetown Day School — a private school in Washington, D.C., that …

Fact check: GOP mischaracterizes Jackson on critical race theory, crime views
2 years, 9 months ago

Fact check: GOP mischaracterizes Jackson on critical race theory, crime views

LA Times  

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn mischaracterized Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s judicial views as extremist and soft on crime, claiming she called for critical race theory to be a mandatory consideration in federal sentencing and sought to release all criminals during the pandemic. Democrats hope to confirm Jackson by April 8, when they leave Washington for a two-week spring recess.Confirmation …

Teaching of race ideology in schools is 'absolutely terrifying', warns minister
2 years, 9 months ago

Teaching of race ideology in schools is 'absolutely terrifying', warns minister

The Telegraph  

The teaching of race ideology in schools is "absolutely terrifying", the equalities minister has said, as she warns that children should not be asked to take the knee in class. Ms Badenoch said schools should not be teaching white children that they are oppressors and black children that they are victims as this will "give young people a grievance before …

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons
2 years, 9 months ago

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons

Associated Press  

Tate Reeves signed a bill Monday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms, and it became law immediately. “Any claim that this bill will somehow stop Mississippi kids from learning about American history is just flat-out wrong.” The short title of Senate Bill 2113 says it would prohibit “critical race theory.” But the main text of the legislation …

Youngkin looks to root out critical race theory in Virginia
2 years, 10 months ago

Youngkin looks to root out critical race theory in Virginia

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — It was literally the first thing Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, did when he took office last month: sign an executive order designed to root out critical race theory from the state’s education system. “Anyone who thinks that the concepts that actually underpin critical race theory are not in our schools hasn’t been in our schools,” Youngkin …

Alabama schools accused of teaching "critical race theory" by recognizing Black History Month
2 years, 10 months ago

Alabama schools accused of teaching "critical race theory" by recognizing Black History Month

Salon  

School officials in Alabama say they're being accused by parents of teaching students the now-forbidden tenets of "critical race theory" simply by recognizing Black History Month. AL.com reports that Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey told members of the Alabama House Education Policy Committee this week that many parents are accusing schools of teaching critical race theory even if the lessons in …

The critics were right: 'Critical race theory' panic is just a cover for silencing educators
2 years, 10 months ago

The critics were right: 'Critical race theory' panic is just a cover for silencing educators

Raw Story  

When Republicans across the nation started storming school board meetings, in full-blown hysterics about something called "critical race theory," the initial reaction of the non-Fox News-watcher was confusion. But soon it became clear that "critical race theory" was being invoked as a scare term, exploiting this multisyllabic academic jargon as cover for what was, in actuality, an effort to censor …

SC lawmakers vow to take time on critical race theory rules
2 years, 10 months ago

SC lawmakers vow to take time on critical race theory rules

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina House members discussing critical race theory in public schools and what should — or shouldn’t — come up in class promised Wednesday to take their time crafting new rules for teachers. The chairwoman of the House Education and Public Works Committee said she wasn’t out for a “witch hunt for parents, teachers or students” but …

DeSantis: Critical race theory is “crap,” vows to fight it
3 years ago

DeSantis: Critical race theory is “crap,” vows to fight it

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Calling critical race theory “crap,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he’ll push for legislation to ban teaching the concept in schools and to allow private corporate employees to sue their employers if they receive critical race theory training. In a strongly worded speech at a campaign-style event, DeSantis told a packed room of supporters in …

Wrenching struggle to define critical race theory divides an Orange County school district
3 years, 1 month ago

Wrenching struggle to define critical race theory divides an Orange County school district

LA Times  

Members of the public attend a Placentia-Yorba Linda school board meeting about whether to ban critical race theory in district schools. Although ultimately designed to ban critical race theory, the district’s 14-point resolution was touted as a way to foster a “safe and respectful environment for students.” It said the district “stands by the commitment to teach a complete and …

Culture war fight finds mixed success in school board races
3 years, 1 month ago

Culture war fight finds mixed success in school board races

Associated Press  

MISSION, Kan. — School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts but often came up short in their bids to shape policy for school districts over the newest culture war issue. “But overall nationwide they didn’t win that much.” In Connecticut, a slate of five candidates …

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — It has become a major issue in the Virginia governor’s race. Republicans in North Carolina point to the Wake County Public School System as an example, saying teachers participated in a professional development session on critical race theory. Many Republicans view the concepts underlying critical race theory as an effort to rewrite American history and convince white …

The FBI is not targeting opponents of critical race theory
3 years, 2 months ago

The FBI is not targeting opponents of critical race theory

Associated Press  

CLAIM: “Attorney General Merrick Garland has instructed the FBI to mobilize against parents who oppose critical race theory in public schools, citing ‘threats.’” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. In a memo Monday, Garland directed federal authorities to address a rise in criminal conduct targeting school board members and public schools employees, following a request from the National School Boards Association. Following the …

School board group asks for federal help to stop threats and violence in debates on Covid and critical race theory
3 years, 2 months ago

School board group asks for federal help to stop threats and violence in debates on Covid and critical race theory

CNN  

CNN — A group representing national school board associations asked President Joe Biden and the federal government on Wednesday to help look into threats against school board members and educators to see if laws were broken regarding bullying, hate crimes, or domestic terror, as anger around masks and critical race theory have boiled over around the country. “America’s public schools …

This Texas high school principal was put on administrative leave after being accused of promoting critical race theory
3 years, 3 months ago

This Texas high school principal was put on administrative leave after being accused of promoting critical race theory

CNN  

San Antonio, Texas CNN — A Texas high school principal who found himself in the middle of a controversy over critical race theory was placed on paid administrative leave this week. At a July 26 school board meeting, Stetson Clark, a former school board candidate, said he was concerned about the “implementation of critical race theory in our district” and …

Editorial: What critical race theory is — and isn’t — and why it belongs in schools
3 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: What critical race theory is — and isn’t — and why it belongs in schools

LA Times  

Race is a touchy subject in this country at the most easygoing of times, and these are not the most easygoing of times. But it’s particularly troubling when a board of education assembles a panel to educate itself and the public about ethnic studies and stacks it with people who detest critical race theory. That’s what happened in July at …

Randi Weingarten: You can’t keep us from teaching students honest history
3 years, 4 months ago

Randi Weingarten: You can’t keep us from teaching students honest history

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers. Critical race theory is the examination, principally in law school but also elsewhere at the undergraduate and graduate level in college, of whether systemic racism exists and whether it affects law and public policy – it asks, for example, whether policies that prohibited Black Americans from …

Biden administration promoted 'Abolitionist Teaching Network' urging educators to disrupt Whiteness
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden administration promoted 'Abolitionist Teaching Network' urging educators to disrupt Whiteness

Daily Mail  

The Biden administration promoted a handbook urging teachers to 'disrupt Whiteness and other forms of oppression' in their Department of Education guidance on reopening schools, it has been revealed The Biden administration said it was an 'error' to promote a handbook urging teachers to 'disrupt Whiteness and other forms of oppression' in their Department of Education guidance on reopening schools. …

Schools not teaching race theory, some want to ban it anyway
3 years, 5 months ago

Schools not teaching race theory, some want to ban it anyway

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama might ban so-called “critical race theory” from being taught in public K-12 schools even though education officials said no schools are actually doing so. State Superintendent Eric Mackey said state school board members want to deal with the issue but said critical race theory is “certainly not” taught in schools now. One draft of the state …

'Critical Race Theory'? Here's What Teachers Say They're Actually Teaching
3 years, 5 months ago

'Critical Race Theory'? Here's What Teachers Say They're Actually Teaching

Huff Post  

vgajic via Getty Images Parents in school districts across the country are protesting critical race theory. ― Zach Balkcom, a high school teacher in Baldwin County, Georgia barbaragibbbons via Getty Images “If students ask why Black people had to sit at the back of the bus, are we expected to just ignore it?” I’m a second grade teacher in Texas. …

Critical race theory: Conservatives actually love it – when they turn the subject to ‘oppressed’ White people
3 years, 5 months ago

Critical race theory: Conservatives actually love it – when they turn the subject to ‘oppressed’ White people

CNN  

CNN — If you’re trying to figure out why so many conservatives despise critical race theory, here’s some historical context you should remember: White conservatives oppose critical race theory – only when it’s applied to Black people. Critical race theory opponents borrow from the anti-racists they denounce Conservatives accuse critical race theorists of “planting hatred in the minds of the …

What is critical race theory, the school of thought enraging conservatives?
3 years, 5 months ago

What is critical race theory, the school of thought enraging conservatives?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines critical race theory as an “intellectual movement and loosely organized …

I'm A Black Mom. Here's What White Parents Need To Understand About Critical Race Theory.
3 years, 5 months ago

I'm A Black Mom. Here's What White Parents Need To Understand About Critical Race Theory.

Huff Post  

A sign reading "Stop sugarcoating American history" sits at the feet of demonstrators at a march against racism on June 19, 2020, at a high school in Milton, Massachusetts. I was just a Black mom whose two Black sons had never read a school-assigned book in which people who looked like them weren’t the “magical negro” trope or in chains. …

Explainer: As critical race theory divides US schools, decoding the concept, and why some find it 'objectionable'
3 years, 5 months ago

Explainer: As critical race theory divides US schools, decoding the concept, and why some find it 'objectionable'

Firstpost  

The concept known as critical race theory is the new lightning rod of the GOP. Many Republicans view the concepts underlying critical race theory as an effort to rewrite American history and persuade white people that they are inherently racist and should feel guilty because of their advantages. Critical race theory popped into the mainstream last September when then-President Trump …

Critical race theory and the scam of the ban
3 years, 5 months ago

Critical race theory and the scam of the ban

Al Jazeera  

Critical race theory is too advanced to be taught in schools. Once again, the racist and fascist American right is conning the American public, this time in declaring critical race theory an existential threat to the United States. The nature of all bans on critical race theory is a bait and switch, to declare the teaching of a more-inclusive history …

Teachers Say GOP's Critical Race Theory Bills 'Whitewash American History'
3 years, 5 months ago

Teachers Say GOP's Critical Race Theory Bills 'Whitewash American History'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Public school teachers in states where new laws could prevent them from teaching about systemic racism and white privilege are incensed — and say they just want to teach the truth. Tennessee’s law says public school teachers can give “impartial instruction on the historical oppression of a group,” yet can’t discuss how “an individual, by virtue of …

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Many Republicans view the concepts underlying critical race theory as an effort to rewrite American history and persuade white people that they are inherently racist and should feel guilty because of their advantages. Critical race theory popped into the mainstream last September when then-President Trump took aim at it …

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory
3 years, 6 months ago

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory

NPR  

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Barbara Sprunt break down the Republican led efforts in the U.S. to discourage educators from teaching critical race theory in grade-level schools. Trump's EO didn't actually mention critical race theory then, even in the sections specifying what shouldn't be taught in the armed forces or at federal agencies. …

Critical race theory education: How past curriculum panics foreshadowed this summer’s legislation.
3 years, 6 months ago

Critical race theory education: How past curriculum panics foreshadowed this summer’s legislation.

Slate  

This summer’s spate of state-level bills aimed at censoring the content of history teaching in public school classrooms—bills that have made much of the supposed double threat of “critical race theory” and the New York Times’ 1619 Project—might seem somewhat random. His vision of a good education, Rugg explained, consisted of “young people confronting social conditions and issues squarely and …

The Hypocrisy Of Honoring Juneteenth While Condemning Critical Race Theory
3 years, 6 months ago

The Hypocrisy Of Honoring Juneteenth While Condemning Critical Race Theory

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING America has found itself at a contradictory point in history yet again. In a statement Thursday, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty said making Juneteenth a federal holiday is “important and long overdue” but is not the end of the fight to rectify this country’s racist past. We look forward to joining President Biden this afternoon as …

Why the panic over "critical race theory" is the perfect right-wing troll
3 years, 6 months ago

Why the panic over "critical race theory" is the perfect right-wing troll

Salon  

The American right is currently in an utter panic over "critical race theory" being taught in public schools. Yet with so many white people across the country in a total freak out over "critical race theory," it appears few, if any, of them could even explain what it actually is. To understand what's really going on under all the scare-mongering, …

‘Critical race theory’ becomes a flashpoint in US public schools
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Critical race theory’ becomes a flashpoint in US public schools

Al Jazeera  

As Americans face a racial reckoning, a fierce political debate is emerging over how race is discussed in schools. Many aim to ban “critical race theory”, a school of thought that holds that major institutions in the US are inherently racist and constructed by their nature to perpetuate white supremacy. Republicans: Critical race theory is divisive Florida’s Republican governor, Ron …

Critical race theory banned in Florida schools
3 years, 6 months ago

Critical race theory banned in Florida schools

CNN  

CNN — Florida has become the latest state to ban critical race theory, continuing the growing charge by Republican lawmakers against schools teaching about systemic racism. The amendment states topics must be “factual and objective,” and specifically prohibits “the teaching of Critical Race Theory, meaning the theory that racism is not merely the product of prejudice, but that racism is …

Teaching Race And History In America's Schools : 1A
3 years, 6 months ago

Teaching Race And History In America's Schools : 1A

NPR  

Teaching Race And History In America's Schools Enlarge this image toggle caption RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images The latest culture war is playing out in the American classroom. Several states including Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma have banned teaching Critical Race Theory, an academic pursuit examining how race intersects with history. Many may not know the …

Teachers Say Laws Banning Critical Race Theory Are Putting A Chill On Their Lessons
3 years, 6 months ago

Teachers Say Laws Banning Critical Race Theory Are Putting A Chill On Their Lessons

NPR  

Teachers Say Laws Banning Critical Race Theory Are Putting A Chill On Their Lessons Enlarge this image toggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP Sue Ogrocki/AP As Republican lawmakers across the country advance state bills that would limit how public school teachers can discuss race in their classrooms, educators say the efforts are already having a chilling effect on their lessons. Sponsor Message …

Montana’s top prosecutor bans critical race theory programs
3 years, 6 months ago

Montana’s top prosecutor bans critical race theory programs

Associated Press  

— Montana’s top prosecutor issued an opinion Thursday labeling critical race theory and some antiracism programs taught in schools as “discriminatory” and said they violate federal and state law. Schools and government and public workplaces could lose state funding and could be liable for damages from lawsuits if they offer critical race theory training or activities, Knudsen’s office said in …

Critical race theory is a lens. Here are 11 ways looking through it might refine your view of history
3 years, 6 months ago

Critical race theory is a lens. Here are 11 ways looking through it might refine your view of history

CNN  

CNN — Critical race theory is just that – a theory – but the term has been weaponized, with its most extreme critics alleging that merely studying the theory is racist. Recommended reading: Pace v. Alabama, a 1986 report on the “long, cruel history” of America’s “last taboo” and scholar Allison Skinner’s 2016 report on the “hidden bias against interracial …

Noem pushes to bar ‘critical race theory’ from universities
3 years, 6 months ago

Noem pushes to bar ‘critical race theory’ from universities

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s public universities shouldn’t be teaching certain concepts of race and racism, Gov. Kristi Noem said Tuesday, in line with a nationwide GOP movement to keep critical race theory out of classrooms. In a letter to the Board of Regents that oversees the state’s six public universities, the Republican governor targeted critical race theory and the Pulitzer Prize-winning …

A school district tried to address racism, a group of parents fought back
3 years, 7 months ago

A school district tried to address racism, a group of parents fought back

CNN  

CNN — Three years ago, a video went viral of a group of teenage students chanting the n-word at a private party in Southlake, Texas. We deny the current CCAP is a solution to any racist issues and, in fact, creates more racism, not less.” ‘Critical race theory ain’t coming here,’ PAC says At Monday’s school board meeting, many parents …

Idaho moves to ban critical race theory instruction in all public schools, including universities
3 years, 7 months ago

Idaho moves to ban critical race theory instruction in all public schools, including universities

CNN  

CNN — As some public school districts move toward embracing critical race theory in their curriculums, others – like in Idaho – are doing the opposite. Idaho lawmakers have advanced a bill that would prohibit public schools, including public universities, from teaching that “any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin is inherently superior or inferior,” which, according to …

DeSantis knocks critical race theory in civics curricula
3 years, 9 months ago

DeSantis knocks critical race theory in civics curricula

Associated Press  

NAPLES, Fla. — The American Revolution, Abraham Lincoln, the Cold War, yes. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday outlined what he thought were acceptable topics to be taught in civics curricula that he said would get a $106 million boost thanks to pandemic-related federal funding directed at states. Another $17 million would be targeted for developing civics curricula with “foundational concepts” and …

Trump Tells Agencies To End Trainings On 'White Privilege' And 'Critical Race Theory'
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Tells Agencies To End Trainings On 'White Privilege' And 'Critical Race Theory'

NPR  

Trump Tells Agencies To End Trainings On 'White Privilege' And 'Critical Race Theory' Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP The Trump administration has instructed federal agencies to end racial sensitivity trainings that address topics like white privilege and critical race theory, calling them "divisive, anti-American propaganda." The memo, issued by OMB Director Russell Vought, reads in part: …

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