Most American students graduate high school without ever learning a complete and unvarnished account of their nation ’s history. Systemic racism within the educational system, the historical erasure ...

Corrected: The original version of this article overstated researchers’ conclusions about the impact of anti-critical race theory laws on the instruction students get in schools and classrooms. The ...

Since 2020, critical race theory has remained a hot topic among the public, parents, school board members, teachers and lawmakers all weighing in on the issue. In 2021, 14 states either passed ...

During the 2020 fall semester, Kali Fontanilla—a high school English language teacher working in the Salinas, California, school district—noticed that many of her students were failing one of their ...

Since the debate about “critical race theory” began raging, Education Week has kept laser-focused on one question: How will this affect K-12 teaching and learning? We have documented state laws, ...

More than 12 states have rejected the teaching of critical race theory in K–12 schools. The theory’s philosophical convictions favor racial preferences and the dismantling of America’s representative ...

Critical race theory is not mentioned in the Virginia Department of Education’s curriculum. Scott cited information from the agency as evidence that it is teaching critical race theory, but the ...

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 ...

Last month, 20 major education organizations formed a coalition “aimed at squelching misinformation” about social-emotional learning. A few weeks later, NPR ran a major article titled “How the Right ...

Parental and conservative activists nationwide say “social emotional learning” is priming students to learn critical race theory while sidelining parents from caring for their children’s mental health ...

More than 8 in 10 Democrat parents believed their children should learn about the lingering impact of slavery and racism, compared to fewer than 4 in 10 Republican parents. The poll found that just 37 ...