Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Current efforts to stifle scientific theories in school are reminiscent of the attacks on the teaching of the theory of evolution.

A Virginia parents group has identified no fewer than 20 examples of what it claims to be critical race theory in Virginia schools, but some of the school districts involved emphatically denied ...

For decades, researchers have found that teachers in public schools have undervalued the potential for academic success among students of color, setting low expectations for them and thinking of ...

On a Sunday afternoon in May, dozens of people crowded into a country club in a Cherokee County golf course community to strategize for an upcoming school board meeting. The topic? Critical race ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The effects of teaching critical race theory Re: “The misunderstanding of critical race theory,” June 22 commentary Patty Limerick states that “Critical Race ...

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When I read that Tennessee legislators had passed a ban on teaching critical race theory in public schools, I remembered the oath I swore to the country when I was hired to teach public school in Los ...

A Tennessee law adopted in May bans the teaching in public schools of critical race theory, which is a collection of ideas about systemic bias and privilege. It does not prohibit the teaching of Black ...

Want more state education news? Sign up for The Alabama Education Lab’s free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat. Parents and activists took Alabama’s state school board to task Thursday before a vote that ...

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