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

_{Walter Myers III
April 27, 2022}

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.

In Education, Will the Real Critical Race Theory Please Stand Up?

_{Walter Myers III
March 25, 2022}

Ironically, those pushing for the “teaching” of CRT in K-12 education, which is hardly a viable educational subject, are among those whom critical race theorists argue are largely responsible for the lack of educational equity and attainment in urban public school systems today.

Affirmative Action Is a Symptom of Our Failing K-12 Education System

_{Walter Myers III
February 10, 2022}

However well-meaning, affirmative action is not the answer. It fails to address the root causes of educational performance disparities, creates an atmosphere of unequal opportunity and protection, and can even have negative effects on the very students who are meant to reap its benefits. We should instead come together and focus our efforts on reforming and redesigning K-12 education.

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

_{Walter Myers III
January 19, 2022}

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.

The Rise in Black Unemployment Is About More Than Race

_{Bridging the economic gap between black and white workers starts with bridging the achievement gap in K–12 education.}_{Walter Myers III
September 16, 2021}

AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs argued that the primary cause for disappointing black employment numbers is discrimination. While there may be some correlation, the primary factor inhibiting black economic attainment is the failure of urban public schools to adequately prepare students for post-secondary education.

Orange County Seeks to Slip Critical Race Theory into Ethnic Studies Curriculum

_{Walter Myers III
September 2, 2021}

My greatest worry is a California public school system that promotes a divisive ideology discouraging black and brown children from aiming high, and further fails to educate them to give them a fighting chance to be successful regardless of the obstacles they may face in life.

Critical Race Theory – The Marxist Trojan Horse

_{Walter Myers III
August 5, 2021}

I think parents finally understand why so many of their children who go off to college full of hope leave those institutions with a disdain for America and our capitalist system.