North Carolina: Anti-CRT Forces Target Teacher of the Year for Teaching About Racism
Isabela Dias writes in Mother Jones about attacks on a Black social studies teacher who has been labeled a teacher of critical race theory. In...
Category : North Carolina
North Carolina: The Racism Behind the State Statute Barring Discriminatuon
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering legislation that ostensibly bans discrimination in the state’s classrooms. But the real purpose of the statute is to...
Paul Butler: UNC’s Treatment of Nikole Hannah-Jones Was a Demonstration of CRT
Paul Butler is a professor at the Georgetown University School of Law. In the Washington Post, where he is a contributing columnist, he writes that...
North Carolina: School Board Bans Teaching Anything That Makes Students Uncomfortable
Justin Parmenter, NBCT teacher in North Carolina writes here about the resolution passed by a local school board that bans teaching anything that might cause...
Nikole Hannah-Jones Explains Why She Rejected UNC’s Belated Offer of Tenure
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones issued a statement explaining her decision not to accept the belated decision of the UNC board to offer her a tenured position...
UNC Board Grants Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones After Protests by Black Faculty and Students
The Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina recently offered the prestigious Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism to...
Justin Parmenter: North Carolina Tries to Control What Teachers Teach
NCBT Teacher Justin Parmenter writes here about the reaction of the Republican-controlled Legislature to their rampant fear that teachers might try to indoctrinate students into...
North Carolina: Voucher Zealots Want to Destroy Public Schools
The editorial board of the News & Observer, the state’s largest newspaper sharply criticized the Republicans in the General Assembly for rushing to expand the...
Jeff Bryant: The Truth Behind Attacks on Teaching “Critical Race Theory”
Journalist Jeff Bryant writes that the motivation behind the much-discussed attacks on teaching “critical race theory” is not solely about teaching the history of racism....
David Berliner on the Travesty of Public Funds for Religious Schools
David Berliner, a distinguished scholar of American education, is writing a long essay about the dangers of public funding for religious schools. Currently numerous red...