CRITICAL RACE THEORY

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he plans to file a lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. DeSantis over the state's rejection of an AP African American studies program.

When a California school board recently banned the use of critical race theory, it highlighted the uprising of parents.

A Loudoun County, Virginia was found not guilty Wednesday after he was arrested in June 2021 at a raucous school board meeting involving parents protesting the district's policies.

Florida heads into 2023 with courts weighing high-profile legal fights.

Professors and other plaintiffs are urging a federal appeals court to keep in place a preliminary injunction against a new Florida law that seeks to restrict the way race-related concepts can be taught in universities.

"1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones told MSNBC that Gov. Youngkin, R-Va., is trying to block true history by outlawing Critical Race Theory in public schools.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Schools across the state must put policy and procedures in place allowing people to flag and potentially remove books from school libraries. Volusia County Schools gave its first look at its system during a school board meeting Tuesday night, and parents have a lot of questions about the process. People can flag books and materials in Volusia County Schools’ media centers they feel are inappropriate. READ: The movement to remove ‘pornographic’ books from school libraries, explainedThe district said only about five books have been challenged so far and immediately pulled. READ: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law confuses some Florida schoolsChallenged books: Texas school district pulls 41 books, including Bible and ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ ad The Keller Independent School District removed any book that was challenged during the last school year, news outlets reported.

VIDEO: Florida is now picking its social studies textbooks, but how does the process work? Florida is now picking its social studies textbooks, but how does the process work? ORLANDO, Fla. — Some parents may not know that the state is in the process of selecting new social studies textbooks for students. SOURCE: Florida is now picking its social studies textbooks, but how does the process work? Florida is now picking its social studies textbooks, but how does the process work?

Florida is now picking its social studies textbooks, but how does the process work? Some parents may not know that the state of Florida is in the process of selecting new social studies textbooks for students. (WFTV)ORLANDO, Fla. — Some parents may not know that the state of Florida is in the process of selecting new social studies textbooks for students. 9 investigates walks you through this process from beginning to end at 5 p.m. Monday on Channel 9 Eyewitness News. Read: Florida’s rejected textbooks: How prevalent was Critical Race Theory, social and emotional learning?

Ron DeSantis that bans educators from teaching certain topics related to race like “Critical Race Theory” has taken effect in Florida public k-12 schools for the 2022-23 academic year. DeSantis signed HB 7, formally called the “Individual Freedom” measure on April 22 after it was passed by the Florida Legislature in March. “We are not gonna use your tax dollars to teach our kids to hate this country or to hate each other,” DeSantis said. Gov DeSantis said he believes the new bill will prevent teachers from making students feel guilt/shame about their race because of historical events. And we’re not gonna tell other kids that they’re oppressed based on their race.”

Several key, controversial laws here in Florida are set to go into effect this Friday, July 1.

Video: Students share growing concerns over classroom censorship with Congress These students are urging Congress to preserve their freedom of speech and protect their teachers. This week, Congress reviewed these policies and heard some passionate statements from several high school students about this issue. Krisha Ramani, a high school student from Michigan, told lawmakers she has seen firsthand how some of these new policies are affecting her education. READ: How the Constitution teaches students to disagree civillySome of these new state laws will punish teachers who violate them. “Something has gone very wrong when teachers think they will be fired for supporting the concept of diversity,” said Claire Mengel, a high school student from Ohio.

A press release, titled, “Florida Rejects Publishers’ Attempts to Indoctrinate Students” remains on the Florida Department of Education’s website.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Nearly 6,000 pages of documents released by the Florida Department of Education shed new light on why 54 math textbooks were rejected. The agency said the books included lessons on critical race theory, as well as social and emotional learning. Follow-up questions in other textbooks asking students to reflect on their performance were struck down as being social and emotional learning. READ: Florida’s rejected textbooks: How prevalent was Critical Race Theory, social and emotional learning? READ: Several Central Florida school districts may have to choose new math books for next yearAs of Wednesday, the state added 19 of the 54 rejected books back onto the approved list.

VIDEO: Florida’s reject math textbooks: How prevalent was Critical Race Theory, social emotional learning? Florida’s reject math textbooks: How prevalent was Critical Race Theory, social emotional learning? Notably, officials said, some of the rejections were because the books contained Critical Race Theory. According to the judges, of the more than 5,600 issues in the proposed textbooks, just a handful were due to Critical Race Theory or social and emotional learning, another banned concept. READ: Florida bans ‘critical race theory’ from its classrooms9/ Lastly, there were flags that don’t fit any particular category.

Dozens of math textbooks were rejected by the Florida Department of Education after officials said their publishers were attempting to indoctrinate students.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed four bills between Leon and Miami-Dade counties.

The Florida Department of Education releases examples of math problems found in 54 books the state has rejected.

The Florida governor earns political capital from uprooting "critical race theory" in his state's math books without having to actually demonstrate any examples of critical race theory.

The Department of Education reported that 41 percent of the math textbooks in consideration were “impermissible.”

Dozens of math textbooks were rejected by the Florida Department of Education after officials said the publishers were attempting to indoctrinate students.

Former President Donald Trump told rallygoers in South Carolina to "lay down their very lives" to defend the US against Critical Race Theory.

The Republican-controlled Florida House on Thursday passed a bill that would limit how race-related concepts are taught in schools and in workplace training sessions.

School administrators in a central Florida county canceled a seminar for history teachers on the U.S. civil rights movement, in part, because it hadn’t been screened to make sure it was free of critical race theory.

Virginia’s newly sworn in Republican governor Glenn Youngkin signed 11 executive actions on his first day in office including ending the use of Critical Race Theory, investigating wrongdoing in Loudoun county Virginia, and allowing parents to decide if their children wear masks in schools.

Gov. Ron DeSantis likes to call this the “Free State of Florida.” You have to lay some groundwork if you want to be the next Jefferson Davis.

Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, taught school board candidates that Critical Race Theory is "taking our schools by a storm." Now his lecture is being circulated as an e-book among conservatives.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants new legislation to combat Critical Race Theory in schools and workplaces statewide.

An Indianapolis school administrator who went viral for explaining how his district is pushing Critical Race Theory on children has been locked out of his email and Google Drive accounts and been told to work from home because he was causing other staff members “anxiety.”

Gen Z Is the most politically active generation in decades. But some members don't want future employers to know that. As they try to launch their careers, some young job applicants are scrubbing political activism from their resumes to avoid offending future employers.

School issues are pitting Americans against one another, but they aren’t sure-fire winners for either party.

In a TikTok video published yesterday, a local lawyer invited students to a free webinar where they can learn about Critical Race Theory” (CRT), which...

A Virginia-based parent organization advocating for the ouster of five Loudoun County School Board members scored a small victory in its bid to remove one member after a judge ruled that the group's recall petition could advance to trial.

The decision followed several weeks of controversy during which James Whitfield tried to publicly clear his name. Some students have come to their principal's defense as parents demand his termination.

A new law targeting critical race theory has some teachers upset about restrictions the legislation puts on discussions in the classroom.

Teachers’ ‘hands will be tied’, say Democrats

The NC Senate leader undercut judicial independence

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Republicans see it as a winning issue at the polls next year. So move over God, guns and abortion; make way for CRT.

Critical race theory? Transcript from the speech shows little mention of it.

The clash over "critical race theory" — aside from whatever the term now connotes in the public imagination — appears to be a supercharged spinoff of a deeper dispute between conservatives and pretty much every other group in the United States.

Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastSave yourselves! Run from the latest menace unleashed by the Marxist forces of wokeness to indoctrinate our children, replace our democracy, and threaten our cherished American values! Critical Race Theory is right around the corner!If we don’t immediately cancel and ban it, it will soon take over the country and transform our innocent, naive youth into anti-American socialists who reject the gospel of capitalism, believe structural racism exists

Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill Thursday that would block federal funding for teaching critical race theory in the workplace.

Liberals are unleashing savage critiques of the critics of CRT, but they're saying almost nothing about the simple-minded counter-homilies of their own allies

Critical Race Theory Explainer FILE - In this May 25, 2021, file photo, a man holds up a sign against Critical Race Theory during a protest outside a Washoe County School District board meeting in Reno, Nev. The concept known as critical race theory is the new lightning rod of the GOP. Yet even those who condemn or seek to ban critical race theory in schools often struggle to define what it is. WHAT IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY? “Critical race theory is not something we teach to students,” said Lisa Luten, a spokeswoman for the school system.

The critical race theory fight is part of a much bigger debate

The letter was signed by six members of Congress who represent S.C.

Greg Abbott joins numerous states that have passed bills banning the incorporation of critical race theory in public education.

The proposed ban comes as North Carolina is fighting over new social studies standards and the decision by UNC not to offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project.

Banning Critical Race Theory in our schools is just another form of censorship and is denying children education (Letters to the Editor).

Critical Race Theory States FILE - In this May 19, 2021, file photo, Betty Sawyer joins educators and community activists in protesting Utah lawmakers' plans to pass resolutions encouraging a ban of critical race theory concepts outside of the Capitol in Salt Lake City as both supporters and counterprotesters stand behind her. Tennessee schools will risk losing state aid if their lessons include particular concepts about race and racism. At least 16 states are considering or have signed into law bills that would limit the teaching of certain ideas linked to “critical race theory,” which seeks to reframe the narrative of American history. The latest state to implement a law is Tennessee, where the governor this past week signed a bill to ban the teaching of critical race theory in schools. Brian Kemp wrote in a letter to state education board members that they should "take immediate steps to ensure that Critical Race Theory and its dangerous ideology do not take root in our state standards or curriculum."

There is not only a racial exclusion to this decision. It is also stunningly dense.

The Jan. 6 insurrection was an attack on democracy. The US must fully assess what happened at the Capitol and why. (Letters to the Editor)

Our Republican lawmakers have spent much of the last decade trying to repeal the 1960s. Now they’ve cast their eyes on the 1920s as well.

During lengthy debate on the GOP-controlled House floor, several Black lawmakers expressed concerns about the bill's impact on how certain subjects would be taught in schools, specifically highlighting the Three-Fifths Compromise. Historians largely agree the compromise gave slaveholding states inordinate power over choosing a president — and decisions of the Continental Congress. Lafferty, who is white, stood up and talked at length about what he saw as sparking the compromise. Lafferty’s statement about how the Three-Fifths Compromise was created to end slavery was alarming but the real insult was when the House Republicans clapped for him when he finished his diatribe,” he said. While the House overwhelmingly approved the legislation on Tuesday, the GOP-controlled Senate chamber refused to accept the House bill hours later.

Ron DeSantis is looking to make changes to Florida’s civics education curriculum. [TRENDING: How to celebrate St. Patty’s Day at theme parks | Florida’s texting-driving law rarely enforced | Massive manta ray photobombs surfer]“We’re releasing a $106 million proposal to make Florida the national leader in civics education,” DeSantis said. — Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 17, 2021In making his pitch, the governor also took swipes at critical race theory. According to Purdue University, critical race theory scholarship shows how racism continues to be persuasive and why it denies individuals their constitutional rights. Ad“Let me be clear there is no room in our classrooms for things like critical race theory, teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other is not worth one red cent of taxpayer money,” DeSantis said.