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Posts Tagged ‘Critical Race Theory’

Students Want to Learn ‘History As It Is, As it Was’

By | November 23, 2021 | 0
From left to right: Sanaa Best, senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy; Tymia Morgan, teacher at Center High School; and Jude Anderson, senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

Increasingly, K-12 classrooms have become hotbeds for debate about what should or should not be taught, especially when it centers around race and history. Students and educators share their thoughts.

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Critical Race Theory: War of Words, and Curriculums

By | November 18, 2021 | 0
School books

Suburban school districts are grappling with how to teach race in education, becoming ground zero in an increasingly politicized fight over critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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curiousKC | A Guide to Learn (and Demystify) Critical Race Theory

By | November 15, 2021 | 0
An illustration of a group of people against a brown paper backdrop. This accompanies a story on understanding and demystifying critical race theory and how learning is a unifier for the community.

The legal theory “Critical Race Theory” has dominated headlines. What is it and who’s responsible? Here’s your guide.

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Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Focus on Inequity in Education, Not Critical Race Theory

By | August 24, 2021 | 0
Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, and Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, during a Joint Committee on Education hearing on critical race theory on July 19, 2021.

Educators, students and advocates urged state lawmakers Monday afternoon to focus on tackling larger issues of inequity across education rather than latch onto the academic concept of critical race theory

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