It’s been more than two years since President Joe Biden revoked Donald Trump’s Sept. 2020 executive order aimed at banning the teaching of “divisive concepts” in federal offices’ diversity training—a ...

At least 35 states have introduced anti-critical race theory legislation. Critical race theory is a buzzword that is at the center of a heated debate on what children learn in classrooms. The only ...

Is it the beginning of the end of “anti-critical race theory” legislation? Starting in 2021, state lawmakers introduced a wave of such proposals, many modeled off a 2020 executive order signed by then ...

Inside a wood-clad meeting room in Orange County, five school board members sat before a sign-waving, opinionated crowd. For more than three hours, the trustees listened, debated and asked questions ...

I n the wave of protest that followed the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, it was not uncommon to hear the complaint from conservative pundits and politicians that “critical race theory” ...

This is a pivotal moment for social-emotional learning in K-12 schools. On the one hand, interest in building or expanding SEL programs is surging among educators and parents, supported by an ...

More than 12 states have rejected the teaching of critical race theory in K–12 schools. The theory’s philosophical convictions favor racial preferences and the dismantling of America’s representative ...

The origins of the critical race theory (CRT) can be traced as far back as the 1960s when the intellectual movement started emerging within a small group of people in the field of legal studies. Over ...

Black authors have spoken up about having their books banned and pulled from library shelves over fears from the Republican party over critical race theory (CRT), which examines the ways race and ...

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