Tag: anti-CRT

More Asian American Representation: Because Children are Naturally Inquisitive

article-cropped November 13, 2024 by OiYan Poon

Politically repressive campaigns such as anti-CRT are harmful to children’s cognitive and civic development.

4 Ways Education Leaders Can Respond to Anti-Black Rhetoric

article-cropped April 03, 2023 by Phelton Moss

From about 1925-1961, Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator and activist who started her own school in Washington, DC, required her students to take both an oral and written Black history…

Censorship is About Power, Not People

article-cropped March 22, 2023 by Ameshia Cross

Amid the fierce debate surrounding what should and should not be taught in classrooms, some far-right-leaning lawmakers have introduced legislation and taken significant steps to limit educators’ ability to discuss…

A Transparent Attempt to Divide Parents from Their Children’s Schools

article-cropped March 29, 2022 by William Rodick, Ph.D.

Pulitzer Prize winner and intellectual icon Toni Morrison has received national attention that has forced students to fight for the right to high-quality education. A rash of bills pushing against…

Student Voice: Students are the Collateral Damage in Adults’ Culture War

article-cropped March 15, 2022 by Kayla Higgs

In another attempt to silence the history and experience of Black and Brown communities and coddle White guilt, certain factions are engaging in a political culture war — with the…

Learning Honest History Isn’t Criminal — It’s What Students Deserve to Know

article-cropped February 08, 2022 by Blair Wriston

Amid the debate surrounding so-called Critical Race Theory (CRT), Republican lawmakers in 37 states have introduced legislation or taken significant steps to limit an educator’s ability to discuss race and…

Federal Law Requires Equity Conversations. Anti-CRT Laws Ban Them. Now What?

article-cropped January 18, 2022 by Karin Chenoweth

Twenty years ago this month, federal law began requiring schools to report the academic achievement of students, not only overall but by student groups. The data required by the 2001…

Not for the First Time, Nor the Last

article-cropped microphone September 10, 2021 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D.