Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw: Dr. King Understood “Critical Race Theory” Before It Had a Name
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a professor of law at Columbia and UCLA and one of the leading figures in the field of critical race studies....
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Stephen Dyer Destroys the Case for Vouchers in Ohio—or Anywhere Else
Stephen Dyer is a former state legislator in Ohio and an expert on school finance. In the latest post on his blog, 10th Period, he...
Florida: Another DeSantis Attack on Teachers, Schools and Common Decency
Peter Greene describes his latest gambit. He is pressing for the adoption of his “Stop WOKE” act. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is doing his level...
Andre Perry: Push Back Against Conspiracy Theories That Defame Public Schools and Teachers
Andre Perry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, urges parents to speak out against fake conspiracy theories that are being cynically used to undermine...
Stephen Sawchuk: What is Critical Race Theory and Why Is It Under Attack?
Stephen Sawchuk is a staff writer for Education Week. He wrote this article back in May, and I missed it. I think it’s one of...
Chris Rufo Calls for Purging Educators and Dissenters
Chris Rufo has taken credit for creating the furor over “critical race theory,” leading about a dozen Republican-controlled states to pass laws banning it (whatever...
Reader: Racism Explains the Youngkin Victory in Virginia
A reader who signs in as “Democracy” posted the following comment in response to Jennifer Berkshire’s article in The Nation. Berkshire argued that Terry McAuliffe...
Anti-CRT Stance Helps Republicans Win School Board Races
After the election, I posted an article from the Charlotte News-Observer/AP that suggested that attacks on critical race theory was not a decisive factor in...
Schneider and Berkshire: Parents Do Not Have the Right to Decide What Their Children Learn
Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire are co-authors of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School. It...
Utah: Legislator Proposes Law to Require Social Studies Teachers to Post Lessons Online for Parents to Review
State Senator Lincoln Fillmore is very worried about the teaching of “critical race theory,” although there is no evidence that anyone is teaching it in...