The Chronicle of Higher Education

Everyone Talks About ‘Critical Theory.’ What Is It?

I n the wave of protest that followed the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, it was not uncommon to hear the complaint from conservative pundits and politicians that “critical race theory” ...
The Daily Signal

Critical Race Theory Is Still Plaguing Some K-12 Schools. Here’s How Parents, Lawmakers Can Fight Back.

Jonathan Butcher is the Acting Director of the Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, and the author of “Splintered: ...
Public Opinion

What is critical race theory? Here are two perspectives

Critical race theory is simply a way of thinking about where each of us came from. The idea was forged not too long ago in the late 1900s. It was initially applied to the field of legal studies but ...
Reason

Is Opposition to Critical Race Theory Correlated with Ignorance of Critical Race Theory?

A new academic study by Brianna Richmond, et al., purports to show that opposition to Critical Race Theory is correlated with ignorance of CRT. The quiz the authors use, however, to determine the ...
WWLTV

Governor Landry bans the use of Critical Race Theory in public schools

BATON ROUGE, La. — Governor Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Tuesday preventing the use of critical race theory in Louisiana’s K-12 public education system. Landry's office claims that ...
WLRN

PolitiFact FL: DeSantis says he removed CRT from K-12 schools. Districts say it wasn’t taught

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, left, at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. WLRN ...

Anti-‘Critical Race Theory’ Laws Are Working. Teachers Are Thinking Twice About How They Talk About Race

One year after the peak of the backlash, teachers say there has been a chilling effect on teaching issues related to race and ...
Los Angeles Times

Trump’s orders take aim at ‘critical race theory’ and antisemitism on college campuses

WASHINGTON — President Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money. A ...
Los Angeles Times

Critical race theory ban at Temecula Valley Unified stands for now, judge rules

Temecula Valley Unified School District’s decision to block critical race theory instruction in its classrooms will continue for now, a Riverside County Superior Court judge ruled Friday. A group of ...