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 ...

Critical race theory was developed by Derrick Bell and other legal scholars in the 1970s and ’80s in part to explain how racism is embedded in legal systems and policies. But in recent years, a ...

Earlier this year, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne started a hotline for members of the public to report “inappropriate lessons." His definition of that includes the use of critical ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - It has become a major issue in the Virginia governor's race. Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Republicans in the U.S. Senate introduced a resolution condemning ...

CRT is not just a war on kids -- it's actually a war on the entire Western civilization as characterized by the Enlightenment values of individual agency and freedom. Getty Images Since the public ...

Former Harvard University President Derek C. Bok vividly recalls the day that he, then dean of Harvard Law School, flew to California to recruit Derrick A. Bell Jr. to the Law School’s faculty in 1969 ...

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, left, at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. WLRN ...

Things were tense on Monday, Aug. 15, as dozens of people packed into a Mead School Board meeting to discuss proposed bans on critical race theory and elementary library books that reference gender ...

The groundswell of calls for bans on the teaching of critical race theory had the effect of diminishing trust in local schools and teachers, new research shows. Critical race theory, the decades-old ...

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 ...