After reviewing some of the results from the West Virginia Education Association’s recent teacher survey, it’s easy to see why the Mountain State’s school system is struggling. […]
Tag: CRT
Democracy dies when kids don’t know history, civics
The National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test scores for eighth graders for the first time have registered a decline while history scores continued their steep decline. […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 11
The legislative graveyard The 2023 regular legislative session is over, and we’re bringing our “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” series to a close. While over […]
Lazy legislating the culture wars
Sifting through national commentaries lately, we’ve been struck by a sense of déjà vu. Syndicated columnists, editorial boards and less-frequent commentators are addressing many of the same […]
Teach Black history — don’t ban it
by Tracey L. Rogers When Republican President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he called on Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the […]
DeSantis gets colleges to vow not to teach things they weren’t teaching
by Scott Maxwell Florida has become the land of boogeymen — the place where politicians whip up fictional foes to stir hysteria among gullible followers and then […]
House Education approves Senate’s Anti-Racism Act addressing CRT in public schools
MORGANTOWN – The Senate’s Anti-Racism Act – commonly called the anti-CRT bill – cleared its first House of Delegates hurdle on Monday, winning approval in the Education […]
A North Carolina school is standing up to CRT haters. Good
by Sara Pequeño The Republican Party has been railing against CRT, or Critical Race Theory, being taught in schools across North Carolina and the United States. Until […]
Where’s Florida’s evidence for rejecting 41% of math textbooks?
When is transparency not so transparent? When it comes to selecting math textbooks for Florida schools. Republican lawmakers recently passed a law they said would give parents […]
Two bills to save, and one bill to kill
The Legislature’s regular session ends Saturday, and there are two bills we’d like to see keep going and one that desperately needs to die. If HB 4252 […]
