Thank you both for investigating this highly charged topic.
The public needs to know what's been happening recently in schools. The media claims that CRT (Critical Race Theory) is not taught in public K-12 schools (like the example below from a superintendent in Wisconsin). I assumed CRT was a theory taught only at universities to adults.…
Thank you both for investigating this highly charged topic.
The public needs to know what's been happening recently in schools. The media claims that CRT (Critical Race Theory) is not taught in public K-12 schools (like the example below from a superintendent in Wisconsin). I assumed CRT was a theory taught only at universities to adults. But the lesson plans you found at Evanston/Skokie are evidence that CRT is being taught at least as early as Grade 5. "Intersectionality" is found as vocab in the lesson plan for 5th graders, and its the theory developed by Crenshaw several decades ago. Crenshaw also edited the seminal book entitled "Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings". At a minimum, your investigation means 2 things: 1) districts claiming that they weren't teaching CRT to young kids were lying to parents and the public, 2) that CRT is not limited to university classes. I support parents who are telling their school boards to get rid of CRT.
Thank you both for investigating this highly charged topic.
The public needs to know what's been happening recently in schools. The media claims that CRT (Critical Race Theory) is not taught in public K-12 schools (like the example below from a superintendent in Wisconsin). I assumed CRT was a theory taught only at universities to adults. But the lesson plans you found at Evanston/Skokie are evidence that CRT is being taught at least as early as Grade 5. "Intersectionality" is found as vocab in the lesson plan for 5th graders, and its the theory developed by Crenshaw several decades ago. Crenshaw also edited the seminal book entitled "Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings". At a minimum, your investigation means 2 things: 1) districts claiming that they weren't teaching CRT to young kids were lying to parents and the public, 2) that CRT is not limited to university classes. I support parents who are telling their school boards to get rid of CRT.
* example: https://www.htrnews.com/story/news/education/2021/07/23/manitowoc-schools-not-teaching-critical-race-theory-mark-holzman-says/7788982002/
* note: Critical Race Theory shouldn't be confused with Culturally Responsive Teaching though both have the same acronym "CRT".