Censorship is About Power, Not People
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…
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A Transparent Attempt to Divide Parents from Their Children’s Schools
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
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
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?
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
September 10, 2021 by Karin Chenoweth, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D. 
The CRT Moral Panic, Teacher Censorship, and Becoming the Thing You Hate
August 30, 2021 by Nate Bowling U.S. conservatives tend to rip China for its political indoctrination and surveillance state. They also frequently criticize states in the Middle East for being authoritarian and undemocratic. But in their…