Tag: critical race theory

Georgia School Boards Association Withdraws From National Group Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter

The Georgia School Board Association (GSBA) has joined a growing list of state chapters severing ties from the National School Board Association (NSBA) after the national group called for federal intervention in parental protests. In a widely criticized Sept. 29 letter to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings as “a…


Tackling Critical Race Theory: What It Is and Where It Is Being Banned

The presence of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 education has become a prominent issue in some of the nation’s recent high-profile elections. In Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Glenn Youngkin, a Republican running on an anti-CRT platform, defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who insisted that CRT isn’t being taught in Virginia’s K-12 classrooms and stated…


Salvation Army Removes Document It Says Was Misinterpreted as CRT

The Salvation Army has removed a document it says was misinterpreted to fit allegations that the organization had subscribed to critical race theory (CRT). CRT is a quasi-Marxist philosophy that defines society as a class struggle between the oppressors and the oppressed, specifically labeling white people as the oppressors and all other races as the…


Detroit Superintendent Opposes Anti-CRT Bill: ‘Our Curriculum Is Deeply Using CRT’

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is “very intentionally” embedded in curriculum used throughout Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), according to Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who has urged the district’s school board to oppose an anti-CRT measure in the Michigan legislature. The comments about CRT being incorporated into Detroit classrooms were made at a Nov. 9 school…


Loudoun County Moms Set Out to Protect Their Children, Now They’re Trying to Save America

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—In December 2020, Shawntel Cooper, a mother of two in northern Virginia, noticed something new in her fourth-grade daughter’s morning class routine. Cooper had just switched roles in her company and was able to work from home, and her daughter, like most of America’s schoolchildren, was remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic….


‘Moms for Liberty’ Stirs Action in Response to Controversial School Curricula

Moms for Liberty, a non-profit education advocacy group, still in its infancy, encourages parental engagement in a growing number of school board meetings across the country to demand a voice in their children’s education, and push back on curricula and policies that they oppose. Two Florida moms, Tina Descovich of Bevard County and Tiffany Justice…


Indiana Educator Who Blows Whistle on CRT Teaching Now Banned From School Buildings

Tony Kinnett, an Indianapolis-based educator who went viral on social media for exposing how critical race theory (CRT) is being implemented at his school district, says he has now been placed on leave and denied access to school email and buildings. In a Twitter thread, the award-winning science coach revealed that he has been locked…


Judge-Ordered Education Plan In North Carolina Reflects Trends in Critical Race Theory, According to an Education Advocacy Group

The methods, ideologies, and funding of an education plan have come into question after a North Carolina Superior Court Judge ordered state financial executives to fund a plan that one investigative reporter says is more of the same disguised indoctrination programming. Lawmakers are saying Judge David Lee’s order to transfer $189.8 million to the Department…


Critical Race Theory Teaches False Ideas to Students, Shouldn’t Become Normalized: Rep. Foxx

Lessons based on critical race theory (CRT) are growing more common in school systems across the country despite CRT containing false ideas, a top Republican says. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is the ranking member on the House Education and Labor Committee. CRT categorizes people based on their race and alleges some people are oppressors while others…


Federal Judge Orders Pennsylvania School Board to Allow Critics to Speak, Blocks Vague Speech Codes

A federal judge has ordered a public school district in Pennsylvania to allow public commenters to criticize school policies and officials by name at school board meetings, saying it is within their constitutional right to do so. The ongoing case was brought in October against the Pennsbury School Board by a group of four parents…