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...
Category : Racism
White Evangelicals Want to Destroy the Public Schools
Katherine Stewart’s new book The Power Worshippers describes the hostility of evangelical Christians to public schools. I reviewed her book along with two others in...
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...
The Teen Who Inspired Zaila Avant-Garde to Win the National Spelling Bee
The Washington Post wrote about the teen who inspired Zaila Avant-Garde, the first African American to win the national spelling bee. A 13-year-old girl from...
Fred Klonsky: What Happened When Marjorie Taylor Greene Visited Illinois
Fred Klonsky writes here about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent visit to Illinois. She came to support a member of Congress who is running for...
Jan Resseger Reviews an Important New Book About “No-Excuses” Schools
In this post, Jan Resseger reviews Joanne W. Golann’s Scripting the Moves: Culture & Control in a No-Excuses Charter School. What she describes is a...
Heather Cox Richardson: A History Lesson About Reconstruction and the Rights of Black People
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian who teaches at Boston College. She writes an informative blog called “Letters from an American.” This one appeared...
The Obscure Foundation Funding the Uproar Over “Critical Race Theory”
Readers of this blog are accustomed to the rule “follow the money.” Thus, you should not be surprised that the national campaign to discredit teaching...
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...
The Life of Sally Hemings: An Exhibit at Monticello
Monticello was the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia. It is now a museum, which tells the story of Jefferson and the enslaved Sally Hemings....