I made pretty much the same point on "NextDoor" (until the thread was shut down). Nobody responded.Please explain, with examples, what critical race theory is.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 28, 2021
Show your work. https://t.co/okLMPZxMbB
In that context (school board elections) it was also worth pointing out that public school curricula is regulated by the Texas Education Agency state-wide. It is not overseen nor approved by the school boards. That would actually violate the role of the school board, something every board member learns in the extensive orientation sessions each new member has to go through to take a seat on the board. (Contrary to the opinions of the most frightened people on that thread, the school board is not just flinging poo at each other. And the school board doesn't run the schools. Administrators do, following rules and regulations set down by TEA. There are rules and laws the board has to follow, apart from what administrators have to follow. Again, TEA steps in if you don't. Another school district in Houston is on the verge of being taken over by the state because the board is, basically, flinging poo at each other in their public meetings.).
But nobody knows what Critical Race Theory means, either. As for teaching it to high school kids, think of it as trying to teach deconstructionism as a literary critical theory (it is) in English class. By the time you'd adequately explained deconstructionism, the school year would be over.
And the students would be none the wiser. Some things have a place in public schools. Some things simply don't.
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