Tag: Critical Race Theory
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Douglas County School District’s Board of Education approves resolution to review equity policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County School District’s Board of Education on Tuesday approved a resolution asking the superintendent for recommendations on changing the district’s equity policy amid a national debate about equity in schools and its perceived correlation with critical race theory. After about two hours of public…
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PERSPECTIVE: Critics claim modern segregation violates federal law
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stands among the most revolutionary laws in U.S. history. Critics of a new and growing “racial justice” movement say we don’t enforce it, live by it or respect it. The law’s tumultuous passage epitomizes the old comparison of legislatures and sausage factories. Leading Democrats filibustered the bill while others…
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NEA president Becky Pringle talks national ‘joy, justice and excellence’ tour
Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association visited Colorado last week and sat for a press roundtable at the Colorado Education Association headquarters in Denver Wednesday. Reporters Scott Weiser from The Denver Gazette, Erica Meltzer from Chalkbeat Colorado and Erica Breunlin from the Colorado Sun spoke with Pringle. Pringle is on what she calls…
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Colorado Springs-area school district thought to be first in state to ban critical race theory
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save District 49’s Board of Education on Thursday voted to approve a measure with potential to change the way history and current events are taught in its classrooms. In a 3-2 vote during its monthly meeting,…
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District 49 proposal would ban teaching of ‘critical race theory’
A battle over “critical race theory” is raging at school boards across the nation and in Colorado Springs, where one board member this month asked a question on many minds: What is it? District 49’s Board of Education recently voted to draft a resolution that would ban teaching the theory in its classrooms. The June…