by Suzanne Nossel In the ever-worsening culture wars, schools have emerged as a battlefront, with fierce arguments raging about the contents of curricula and propriety of particular […]
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GOP tries to ‘fix’ CRT boogeyman it created
The Legislature is all aboard the “critical race theory” crazy train this session. It has introduced not one, not two, but four anti-CRT bills. These bills are […]
Speakers overwhelmingly oppose anti-CRT bill during House of Delegates public hearing
MORGANTOWN — A House bill to keep Critical Race Theory out of West Virginia public schools met overwhelming opposition during a Wednesday public hearing in the House […]
Republicans trying to erase history
by LZ Granderson I was a senior in college when I learned a gay man helped save the world. True story. Even after years of history lessons […]
Through compassion, we can transform the current culture war
by David Campt America is immersed in a culture war that is a new manifestation of its age-old problem with race. School board meetings across America have […]
Critical race theory controversy has decades-old roots
by Fred L. Pincus The current controversy over critical race theory in the schools is nothing new. Thirty-seven years ago, I published an article with the headline […]
A Pa. mom and the GOP’s scheme to rock the vote
by Will Bunch For many years, school board elections in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania’s most affluent suburb, have been genteel, predictable affairs. Republican challengers would raise a […]
No CRT in W.Va., so why is GOP banning history?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial continues from the editorial “Do lawmakers understand what they are banning?” published yesterday,Sept. 23. America is not as innocent and pure as the […]
Stop worrying CRT will corrupt kids
by Virginia Heffernan In 1925, John W. Butler, a legislator in Tennessee, told reporters that years earlier he’d “read in the papers that boys and girls were […]
Let’s talk about the things they will not learn
Let’s talk about the things they will not learn. “They” meaning K-12 students in Tennessee. Not that the Volunteer State is alone in passing laws and standards […]
