Mill River Union Secondary School in Clarendon. Photo MRUHS In the weeks leading up to Town Meeting Day, a wave of anti-mask mandates and anti-“critical race theory” candidates from across Vermont made bids for school board seats. But according to results released Tuesday night, many of those candidates failed to …
Read More »Is anti-racist education racist? Experts see echoes of segregation in latest trial | Education
With the state embroiled in a controversy over systemic racism in schools, a lawsuit against Albemarle County Public Schools could turn the area into a battleground. The lawsuit takes aim at Albemarle County Schools’ plan to eliminate racism and close long-standing achievement gaps between groups of students. Five Albemarle families …
Read More »Black Mississippi senators protest vote on race theory bill
The bill’s main sponsor, Republican Senator Michael McLendon de Hernando, who is white, said hundreds of voters told him they heard about the theory on the national news and they didn’t want it. it is taught to their children. McLendon struggled to define critical race theory when asked about it. …
Read More »More Than Masks and Critical Race Theory – 3 Tasks You Should Be Ready to Do Before You Report to the School Board
When people show up at the school board these days, they’re often motivated to campaign on a controversial topic. That’s according to Ballotpedia, a non-profit organization that tracks political elections in the United States. In an analysis of school board elections in 463 school districts in 2021, the organization found …
Read More »Reviews | GOP makes “critical race theory” the new “sharia law”
The protests of the summer of 2020 were perhaps not only among the largest in the country, but also among the largest in the world. Millions of people have taken to the streets to condemn the racism that permeates modern life, as well as decades of past injustice. Protesters called …
Read More »Representative Byron Donalds Talks to NBC’s Meet the Press Panel on Critical Race Theory: “This is not true at all”
Outnumbered – Wednesday, December 29 In today’s episode, Brian Brenberg is “outnumbered” as President Biden has fewer polls than Vice President Kamala Harris “. Additionally, public health officials are under fire for their response to protests during the pandemic. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to …
Read More »Noem Draft Law Banning Critical Race Theory in Schools | national news
(The Center Square) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has drafted legislation that would prohibit South Dakota schools and universities from teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT), according to a press release from his office. The bill comes months after the governor signed a Executive Decree which banned CRT in schools …
Read More »Critical Race Theory and the Complicated Arc of American History
A prominent 19th century historical figure has publicly declared slavery “a stain on our national character.” Abraham Lincoln? Frédéric Douglass? John Brown? No. Roger Brooke Taney who, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, authored the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision denying African Americans citizenship rights …
Read More »Group IRS File Reveals Link Between Right-Wing Black Money and “Critical Race Theory” media hysteria
A recently released IRS brief for the right-wing activist group Parents Defending Education (PDE), which was founded to promote the ongoing fear campaign against the supposed teaching of “critical race theory” in schools, reveals the symbiotic relationship between the right-wing media echo chamber and conservative political activists stoking a cultural …
Read More »Poor critical communication | Coeur d’Alene Press
The Idaho education official said there was a communication problem when she told local Republicans that the Coeur d’Alene school district was one of the “worst offenders” in the city. teaching of critical race theory. State Superintendent of Education Sherri Ybarra made the comment during a 15-minute presentation Nov. 23 …
Read More »New Form of McCarthyism Takes Cancerous Roots in New Jersey Body Politics | Opinion
By Alan J. Steinberg I grew up in the 1950s. The fear of the kitchen table expressed at the time was that of McCarthyism, named after infamous Wisconsin senator Joseph R. McCarthy. The word McCarthyism had many connotations, but more importantly, it referred to the crusade of McCarthy and his …
Read More »Critical Race Theory Debates Drown Student Learning Experiences
A Black Lives Matter anti-racist rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery on May 31, 2020 (GoToVan / Wikimedia Commons) âJourney to Justice: A Critical Race Theory Primerâ is a joint initiative between Mrs. magazine, the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) and the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice. …
Read More »Fargo Lawmaker Campaigns to Ban Critical Race Theory in North Dakota Schools | The powerful 790 KFGO
Representative Jim Kasper FARGO (KVRR / KFGO) – A Fargo state lawmaker is authoring a bill at North Dakota House that would ban public schools from teaching “critical race theory.” The legislation was presented by Republican State Representative Jim Kasper for the next special session. The bill states that “a …
Read More »Candidates Who Campaigned Against Critical Race Theory Win School Boards in Blue Valley and Olathe | KCUR 89.3
Five Tory candidates battling the anti-racism agenda won their races for three Johnson County school boards on Tuesday night, in contests that were widely seen as a local touchpoint in a Tory national effort to politicize school board elections . Seven races in three of the county’s largest districts – …
Read More »Your $ 232 School Board General Election Guide (De Soto)
In-person advance polls began on October 23 in Johnson County, and election day will take place next week on November 2. As residents go to the polls to vote for the $ 232 Board of Education in De Soto, we’ve prepared an election primer to give people an easy way …
Read More »The sleepy races of the school boards are waking up
The Blue Valley School District in Johnson County, Kansas has some of the best public high schools in the state. Typically, school board candidates sail to unopposed victory, while the turnout is a meager single-digit percentage of all eligible voters. “Very sleepy, very calm,” said Andrew Van Der Laan, who …
Read More »San Dieguito School Board to Ban Teaching ‘Critical Race Theory’ and Hire Cheryl James-Ward as Superintendent
Veteran educator Cheryl James-Ward is expected to be hired Thursday as the superintendent of the San Dieguito Union school district. Image via the neighborhood The San Dieguito Union High School District may be the first in the county to ban the teaching of critical race theory in its schools. On …
Read More »University of Colorado Board of Trustees to Vote on Critical Theory of Race and Diversity
Diversity efforts and critical race theory at the University of Colorado will be put to a board of regents vote in November after the Republican and Democratic regents presented opposing resolutions at a committee meeting this week. At a meeting of the University Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Republican Regent Heidi …
Read More »Johnston County adopts anti-CRT rules on breed education
Johnston County teachers could be disciplined or fired for teaching that historical American figures were not heroes, undermining the US Constitution in class, or saying racism is an integral part of American life. The Johnston County Council of Commissioners is withholding $ 7.9 million until the school board passes a …
Read More »A conservative group creates a toolbox to fight against the teachings of the CRT
Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russ Vought listens during a television interview at the White House, Monday, October 21, 2019, in Washington. Photo: Alex brandon (PA) A conservative nonprofit group has created materials to educate people on how they can fight the teaching of critical race theory in …
Read More »Pennsylvania School District Rolls Back Bans On Books By Authors Of Color After Backlash From Students
A Pennsylvania school district that had banned anti-racist books and educational resources written by or about people of color – including children’s titles on Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. – overturned its nearly year-long decision this week following backlash and protests from students, parents and educators in the …
Read More »South Dakota’s Noem Delays Social Studies Standards Over Concerns About Left Influences
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is delaying consideration of the new social studies standards because critics accused her of allowing left-wing influences to taint the state’s curriculum. In a statement released this week, Noem said she was delaying the review process for up to a year, earning her praise from …
Read More »Speakers discuss critical race theory, lack of in-person school board meetings in Milford
MILFORD – School issues were at the forefront at the recent council of aldermen meeting. One person, a retired high school teacher, brought up Critical Race Theory, a controversial topic in districts across the state this year, while someone asked why school board meetings are still being held. virtually rather …
Read More »Lesson of the day: “Critical Race Theory: A Brief History”
For example, in June, the Florida State Board of Education passed amendments banning Critical Race Theory and Project 1619 in its classrooms. One amendment read: Instructions on the subjects required should be factual and objective, and should not suppress or distort significant historical events, such as the Holocaust, slavery, civil …
Read More »Lincoln University professor talks critical race theory
Lincoln University political science professor Darius Watson spoke about critical race theory on Tuesday at the Jefferson City Evening Rotary Club meeting. Watson said he has been teaching critical breed theory for about 20 years. Race, he said, is only one aspect of critical theory – and it is the …
Read More »Riverside Legislator’s Ethnic Studies Bill on Newsom’s Desk – Again – Press Enterprise
Will the third time be the charm of making ethnic studies a requirement for high school graduation in California? On Wednesday, September 8, the California legislature sent Assembly Bill 101 to Governor Gavin Newsom’s office. If he enacted it, high school students in the state, starting with the class of …
Read More »Opinion: Critical Race Theory is itself racist | Guest column
What is Critical Race Theory? Is it correct ? Is it a threat? Definitions of critical race theory vary but seem well represented by the Encyclopaedia Britannica: a socially constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color. Critical race theorists argue that the law …
Read More »School Boards Now Fight COVID and Critical Race Theory
Local school boards across the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political divisiveness, seething with disputes over issues such as the COVID-19 mask rules, the treatment of transgender students and how to teach school history of racism and slavery in America. Once orderly, even boring, meetings have turned …
Read More »Critical Race Theory fears a mixture of the predictable, the extravagant and the justified
You’re reading Our Take: Leave Critical Race Theory to Schools For other perspectives read: States are right to pass CRT laws | Teaching critical race theory is patriotic. Republican lawmakers from about two dozen states have introduced or obtained passage of bills to censor children’s education on race. What exactly …
Read More »America’s Founders Fought for the Right to Debate Critical Race Theory
As we celebrate July 4 while shyly emerging from the worst pangs of the COVID-19 epidemic, it’s hard not to feel the weight of this year’s challenges. The founding elements of the American experience have been called into question in multiple directions. Fittingly, the murder of George Floyd has rekindled …
Read More »Letters to the Editor – The Constitution, Critical Race Theory, Voting, Vaccinations, Online Ordering
Read the US Constitution Re: “Fund the infrastructure and then get out of the way – Lobby partisan politicians to block the deal while public works crumbles”, by Roger Williams, Monday Opinion US Representative Roger Williams’ essay begins: âI think the government should do three things: collect our taxes, defend …
Read More »New York Times Magazine slammed for ‘shoddy’ essay on anti-criticism laws of racial theory
Media headlines July 1 Reaction to Bill Cosby’s sudden release from prison, Nikole Hannah-Jones secured by the UNC board and liberals cheering for Donald Rumsfeld’s death round out today’s media headlines Critics criticize an essay published in the New York Times Magazine this week that sought to enact anti-criticism laws …
Read More »State GOP leaders denounce Durham City Council’s support for critical race theory
Phil berger Two prominent Republicans issued a statement on Friday condemning Durham City Council for passing a resolution that supports the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, a Republican from Greensboro, have said critical race theory is dangerous …
Read More »Iron County School Board discusses obligations, budgets and critical race theory – St George News
File photo of a sign outside the Iron County School District offices, Cedar City, Utah September 20, 2018 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News CITY OF CEDAR – The Iron County School District is seeking public approval to issue more than $ 60 million …
Read More »Glenn Youngkin denounces liberal opponent Terry McAuliffe for calling critical race theory a “right-wing conspiracy”
Listen to the full interview below: Glenn Youngkin, Former Carlyle Group CEO and GOP candidate for governor of Virginia joined Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson Show to respond to opponent Terry McAuliffe’s rejection of concerns about critical race theory as a conspiracy to right. Glenn Youngkin criticized McAuliffe’s rejection of …
Read More »Teaching the Truth Rally Defends Critical Race Theory in Washington State
by Maile Anderson An enthusiastic crowd of teachers, parents, current Seattle Public School Board members and school board candidates gathered at Medgar Evers Pool at Garfield High School on Saturday June 12 to show their solidarity against the adoption of bills in several states banning the teaching of critical race …
Read More »Fox News ‘Parents’ Concerned About Critical Race Theory Are Actually GOP Activists
In an effort to reinforce its obsessive fear of teaching “critical race theory” in schools, Fox News has hosted nearly a dozen “concerned parents” or educators who are in fact Republican strategists. , right-wing media figures or conservative thinkers. -personnel of the tank. According to a new review from liberal …
Read More »Person cited for disrupting anti-critic racial theory lecture in Moorhead
MOORHEAD, Minnesota (KVRR) – Police are called when people disrupt an anti-criticism conference on racial theory in schools at the Moorhead Courtyard by Marriott. Police said Vanessa Clark, 35, of Fargo, was cited for disorderly conduct and released at the scene. A report is sent to the city attorney’s office …
Read More »Secret group protesting critical race theory, masks and vaccines hold Flag Day rally in Greenwich
GREENWICH – Austin Whitsitt has come to Greenwich from Tennessee via Philadelphia, New York and a host of other major American cities where, in recent months, he has said he made it his mission to dispel what ‘he considered disinformation about vaccines, masks and the shape of the Earth. He …
Read More »Why Critical Race Theory Might Be Good News for “Nice Whites” – Baptist News Global
A fundamental theological concept of my training as a white American evangelical was the idea, better articulated by Paul in Romans 14-20, that there is a war within each of us between those things that are good and that we want to to kiss but don’t, and those things that …
Read More »California professor Fresno shows how to handle critical breed theory
André Fiala Criticism can divide. But banning criticism is a bad idea. The unanimity that results from censorship is not genuine. The productive solution is the more informed criticism. I say this in response to efforts in several states to ban the teaching of “critical race theory” (CRT) in schools. …
Read More »Utah Republicans approve resolution condemning critical race theory
More than 150 Republicans from across the state gathered in a charter school cafeteria on Saturday to decide on the state’s next treasurer and debate two burning issues surrounding education and guns. The main agenda on Saturday was to choose a replacement for David Damschen, who resigned from that post …
Read More »Be critical of those who criticize critical race theory
Everyone complains about Congress, but if you want to keep up with the real, festering growth of Trumpism and its corrosive effect on our politics, you better keep an eye out for state capitals. Take my home state of Pennsylvania, where the Republican-controlled State House last week got busy proposing …
Read More »Alabama State Board of Education: Keep Critical Race Theory Out of the Classroom
To learn more about The Alabama Education Lab and receive notifications about stories and events, subscribe to his newsletter, Ed Chat. A topic that erupted across the country unexpectedly came to Alabama, where leaders quietly discussed how to approach teaching race and racism in public schools K-12. . In a …
Read More »Critical Race Theory Discussed at Baker County Meeting with State Education Officials
MACCLENNY, Florida – The burning issue of critical race theory was a topic of discussion on Wednesday when the Florida Department of Education leadership held a public forum in Baker County. The forum at Macclenny Elementary School was the third and final public forum on the recently revised plans for …
Read More »Opinion: Should critical race theory be banned? | Guest column
Should governments ban thoughts? Usually no. But the rare exceptions are spurious thoughts, ideas that commit fraud or deceive. âTry some meth, you’ll love it,â is a thought we criminalize, for good reason. So what lie justifies the Idaho legislature banning critical race theory? Trent clark Certainly, it’s not that …
Read More »Jewish Day Schools Should Not Teach Critical Race Theory as Established Dogma
(June 7, 2021 / JNS) When about 10 years ago I ran a pro-Israel organization that educated and trained high school and college students, I often heard a refrain from Jewish students, especially those who had gone to Jewish day schools, alleging that they had been lied to by the …
Read More »Georgia Board of Education Passes Resolution to Block Critical Race Theory
“It’s ridiculous!” Alfred “Shivy” Brooks, a teacher, talks about the state’s decision to limit critical teachings of racial theory in classrooms The Georgia State Board of Education on Thursday passed a resolution against teaching critical race theory in classrooms. This decision arouses both condemnation and support from Georgians. Governor of …
Read More »Author of Texas Bill to Ban Critical Race Theory says Martin Luther King Jr. would approve of it
Texas Republican State Representative Steve Toth firmly believes that a program that teaches young people about systemic racism is itself a form of racism. Toth is the lead author of, which seeks to ban the teaching of “critical race theory,” an educational movement that seeks to contextualize recent and historical …
Read More »Vermont Conversation: Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
Writer and UVM professor Emily Bernard reads her memoir “Black Is the Body” at Manchester Northshire Bookstore in March 2019. File photo by Kevin O’Connor / VTDigger The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, …
Read More »Tulsa Race Massacre Leads to a Conversation on Critical Race Theory Education
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – The Tulsa Race Massacre is a moment in history that experts say is often overlooked. A century ago, what was known as âBlack Wall Streetâ was destroyed by a white mob and as many as 300 blacks were killed. It was a very dark …
Read More »Medicaid? Right to vote? Critical theory of race? Parson faces special session requests | Local News
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A tax that funds the $ 2 billion Missouri Medicaid program. A push to ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. An effort to undermine the changes to the Kansas City police budget. A litany of bills to overhaul the way Missouri conducts …
Read More »OKCPS Board of Trustees Denounces Banning of Critical Race Theory Teaching Bill in Oklahoma Schools
Every member of the Oklahoma City Public School Board has spoken out against House Bill 1775, the controversial bill that bans the teaching of critical race theory in Oklahoma schools. Kevin Stitt signed the bill last week. The measure prohibits certain subjects about race and gender from being taught in …
Read More »How Trump started the fight for critical race theory in schools
Kaari Aubrey, a grade 12 English teacher, said she and her students at Collegiate Baton Rouge often talk about the news – including efforts across the country to ban diversity education and what is referred to as a “critical theory of race” in schools. Louisiana is one of many states …
Read More »Aspen School District: We don’t teach Critical Race Theory | New
The superintendent of the closest school district to Aspen, David Baugh, can tell, much of it started when Joyce Rankin, in a column published about his district in the Steamboat Springs Pilot & Today, accused his district of violating the Colorado law. “Recently the parents of Aspen High School brought …
Read More »GOP lawmakers seek to ban ‘awake philosophies’ like critical race theory from Texas schools
Mirroring the movements of other Red State legislatures across the country, Republicans in Texas are trying to reach classrooms and limit what public school students learn about the country’s historic subjugation to people of color. Two bills passed by the Texas Legislature would ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory, …
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