Since 2021, terms like Critical Race Theory (CRT), banning books, parents` rights and school choice have swirled through the media, school board meetings and community conversations. It’s seemingly a culture war, but many remain unsure as to the origins of this coordinated movement and its implications. A great place to start is to distinguish between CRT and critically educating about race and racism in U.S. history. CRT is a theoretical framework that was developed in the 1980s by legal scholars that helps us understand how societal structures perpetuate racial inequality and injustice, and how they are integrated into some of our laws and policy. It creates a framework to consider racism systemically, not just as individuals mistreating one other....
...To date many Wisconsinites are unclear if CRT is taught in our K-12
classrooms. According to Wisconsin State School Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Jill Underly, the answer is no. She states that students
are taught about race and racism. “To do anything else would be a
blatant disregard for the truth of our country’s history and an erasure
of the lived experience of our students. Teaching about race and racism
is the only way to teach the complete story of the United States.”...
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