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This week’s R&D from Prepd covers state legislative battles over critical race theory (CRT). The early months of 2022 have seen conservative states such as Texas, Florida, and Kentucky, among others, pass bills to counteract the alleged teaching of CRT in classrooms and universities. Florida recently rejected more than 40 mathematics textbooks for K-12 students because their alleged CRT content. Critics argue that the bills constitute an assault on the teaching profession, hinder the viewpoints that students can receive or argue in the classroom, and that anti-CRT forces are misinterpreting the theory and its application to score political points.
Anti-CRT laws want to ban texts about systemic racism. What about the US constitution? | Steve Phillips https://t.co/BgfasxnHVA
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 14, 2022
Analysis: DeSantis takes an anti-CRT victory lap without showing his math https://t.co/ooJevaVaGq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 18, 2022
Florida has rejected 42 of 132 math textbooks proposed for use in public school classrooms including social-emotional learning and critical race theory, according to the state’s Department of Education.
From the New York Times. https://t.co/x3rQOzCrKv
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 19, 2022
A divided Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board voted to ban the teaching of critical race theory in its classrooms.
It is not clear if the district has recorded instances where critical race theory has ever been taught in a classroom. https://t.co/E5Z6KgwgZZ
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 6, 2022
ICYMI | South Dakota passes an anti–critical race theory law affecting colleges and universities, while Wisconsin and Florida consider anti-CRT and curricular “transparency” bills. https://t.co/obc7RwSG6b
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) March 24, 2022
The organization that runs AP courses reminds teachers of its principles, as more states pass anti-critical race theory laws. #CriticalRaceTheory #CRT #EdChat https://t.co/eH3TwM5C4S
— Education Week (@educationweek) March 20, 2022
Here’s where state policymakers are attempting to censor the way teachers talk about racism and gender. #CriticalRaceTheory #CRT https://t.co/SxSowgW1w3
— Education Week (@educationweek) April 16, 2022
Republicans have gotten mileage out of critiquing CRT. But GOP strategists say the push for “equity” doesn’t resonate among regular voters. @MiniRacker reportshttps://t.co/Jzn0b5HkJo pic.twitter.com/EDQ0VgWhzz
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) March 31, 2022
While most of the anti-CRT and anti–voting rights overlap is coming from the South and the Midwest, astroturf parents’ groups bankrolled by conservative donors and foundations are making efforts to roil Western states with anti-CRT messages as well.https://t.co/w1ZIT6L3Cp
— The Nation (@thenation) February 20, 2022
A Critical Look at Critical Race Theory in America’s Classrooms @JM_Butcher https://t.co/S3goh5PDoc pic.twitter.com/AqLwXYd0kj
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) April 21, 2022