GOP Attack on Education Continues as Texas Bans Teaching of ‘Critical Race Theory’ in Public Schools

Texas Governor Greg Abbott became the latest Republican state leader to approve legislation aimed at controlling public school teachers’ ability to accurately teach U.S. history and discuss current events, signing a bill late Tuesday that bars educators from including”critical race theory” in their classroom work.

NOTE: Critical race theory is an academic term that studies how race and racism have impacted social and local structures in the United States.

As Republicans try to stop students from learning about the nation’s history of racism, thousands of teachers across the United States have signed a pledge refusing “to lie to young people” about the past – or the present.

“We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events—regardless of the law.”

By CommonDreams.org