How a complicated and expansive academic theory developed during the 1980s has become a hot-button political issue 40 years later. By Jacey Fortin About a year ago, even as the United States was ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is pushing forward on a reworked civics education curriculum for K-12 students. For DeSantis, the new plan is as much on what it bans, as what it promotes.

In recent months, some state lawmakers and parents throughout the U.S. have taken up efforts to limit how and what students are taught about race and racism at the K-12 level. Some of these efforts ...

During the 15-minute observation period after receiving his COVID-19 shot this March, Terry Harris pulled out his phone. There in the Vashon High School gymnasium, during a vaccination drive for St.

Three words — critical race theory — are getting a lot of attention in Indiana and elsewhere. The topic is showing up in comments from Hoosier parents at local education forums and on social media and ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kimberle Crenshaw, who coined the term "critical race theory," about anti-racism and why she believes it must be part of American discourse. Critical race theory, or CRT, has ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Barbara Sprunt break down the Republican led efforts in the U.S. to discourage educators from teaching critical race theory in grade-level schools. It may be time for ...

Sept 21 (Reuters) - "Critical race theory," a once-obscure academic concept, has become a fixture in the fierce U.S. debate over how to teach children about the country's history and race relations.

Just before Labor Day, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought began a memo to federal agency heads with these words: "It has come to the President's attention that Executive Branch ...

Append the word “critical” to an academic field of study and voilà, the field comes across as cutting-edge and au courant. Nor are critical studies programs confined to the most elite campuses. To ...