States and Districts Impose Bans on “Critical Race Theory”: Why They Should Not
State legislatures and even school districts are banning ”critical race theory,” typically based on misinformation about what it is and what it isn’t. The laws...
Category : Bias
Commack Public Schools Riven by Rage about CRT
The Commack Public School District is located on Long Island in New York. The district has about 79% white students, 9% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 1%...
Laura Chapman: TCM Reviews Bias in Films
Here is an excellent suggestion from our reader Laura Chapman, whose original research and writing will always find a home here. We have already missed...
Dr. Seuss and “Cancel Culture”
The publisher of the many books written by Theodor Geisl (“Dr. Seuss”) announced that it was suspending publication of six books that contained demeaning drawings...
Beware Women in the Workplace: A 1950s Educational Film
NYC public school parent says: That was an interesting article. The subject of banned moves in gymnastics is really complicated. When I was a kid,...
Dana Milbank: The GOP Has an Anti-Semitism Problem
Dana Milbank is a regular opinion writer for the Washington Post. He wrote about the Republicans’ anti-Semitism problem. They refuse to denounce anti-Semitism. Bigotry multiplies....
Oh, No! The Culture Wars Are Back (If They Ever Left)!
Back in the 1980s, the culture wars were at full pitch, with ethnic groups competing with one another for time and space in the social...
Rebecca Klein: Christian Textbooks Echo Trump Rhetoric
Rebecca Klein, education editor of Huffington Post, reviewed the textbooks written for and used in Christian schools and found that they repeated the lies of...
ADL: The Alt Right and Lite-Right: Naming Names
Donald Trump invited rightwing extremists, white nationalists, and conspiracy theorists into the mainstream. This is his legacy. They used to hover in the shadows or...
Nancy Bailey: The Critique of Dr. Biden’s Credentials Was an Attack on Teachers and Public Schools
Nancy Bailey deconstructs Joseph Epstein’s much-reviled critique of Dr. Jill Biden’s right to be called “Dr. Biden.” She believes that its true message was an...