Tag: CRT

^{American Center for Transforming Education
December 15, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Unprecedented Educational Freedom Was Achieved in 2023

_{American Center for Transforming Education
December 15, 2023
Education Policy, School Choice}

Legislative sessions saw upwards of 124 school choice bills. Most noteworthy, eight more states joined Arizona and West Virginia with universal school choice, bringing the total to ten: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, and West Virginia! Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 17, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights, School Choice}

Governor DeSantis: The Nation’s Top Education Change Agent

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 17, 2023
Education Policy, Parental Rights, School Choice}

DeSantis has earned the rank as the nation's top education change agent among his many other achievements as governor. Other governors should emulate his example of courageous leadership and enact Florida's education model legislation. Read More ›

Teacher reading book to elementary school children in class

^{Walter Myers III
April 27, 2022
Education Policy}

What do Critical Race Theorists Think of the Current State of K-12 Education?

_{Walter Myers III
April 27, 2022
Education Policy}

What critical race theorist Derrick Bell saw as the primary barrier to equal education, which will be surprising to many, is teacher unions and others who have vested interests in maintaining the status quo of public education. Bell was a proponent of charter schools, tuition voucher programs, and independent schools. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
February 23, 2022
Indoctrination, Learning}

The New Norm in K-12 Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
February 23, 2022
Indoctrination, Learning}

Student motivation has plummeted. Graduation rates have backslid. Absenteeism has skyrocketed. Student misbehavior is commonplace. Violence on campuses has soared. In short, student well-being is at crisis low levels. And canceled school days due to teacher mental health days and staff shortages are becoming commonplace. Read More ›

^{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022
Curriculum, Indoctrination}

Critical Race Theory: Intriguing, but Wrong for K-12 Education

_{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022
Curriculum, Indoctrination}

CRT is a movement of admitted far-left scholars who wish to challenge power structures represented in the American legal culture and society with respect to “the rule of law” and “equal protection.” Their belief is that whereas our laws are ostensibly “neutral” and “objective,” they are neither — and never could have been objective in the first place because of the racial dynamic that has been exercised legally and ideologically over the course of American history. Read More ›

Mom and her daughter, a schoolgirl, are on the doorstep

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 2, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination}

It’s Time for Parents to Reclaim Authority Over Their Children

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 2, 2021
Education Policy, Indoctrination}

McAuliffe’s candor about his desire to keep parental influence out of the classroom during a September 29 debate against Glenn Youngkin set parents on fire, and likely cost him the election. But more broadly, it symbolized the struggle over who should have authority over children — parents or the government and teacher unions. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 9, 2021
Indoctrination}

The Radical Reshaping of K-12 Public Education (Part 3): Critical Race Theory & Woke Academics

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 9, 2021
Indoctrination}

A form of reverse racism is not only dominating the national conversation but is now a bedrock of teacher training and student academics. Critical Race Theory and woke education are sweeping schools labeling white teachers and students racist and requiring them to denounce their white supremacy — even basic mathematics is under attack for its so-called racism. Read More ›