“We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events — regardless of the law.” In 2021, thousands of teachers vowed to continue teaching discriminatory and bigoted ideologies such as Critical Race Theory (CRT), no matter what laws got passed.
Education reformers have begun to achieve substantial victories. Seven states already have restricted teaching CRT. Texas’ reform law also includes restrictions on Action Civics, the vocational training for radical activism. Policymakers in another sixteen states already have introduced bills or administrative actions to inhibit CRT. But these laws won’t succeed so long as school administrators and teachers continue to sabotage education reform in the classroom.
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