Unions Double Down on Inserting Critical Race Theory Into Education The largest teachers union in the country has made a massive commitment to expand teaching critical race theory in public schools across America. Pictured: President Joe Biden addresses the National Education Association's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly on July 2. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Commentary By Lindsey M. Burke is director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy and Mark A. Kolokotrones fellow in education. Read her research. Periodically, it’s worth checking teachers union priorities. Such reviews find just how much these special-interest groups are disconnected from mainstream opinions on the role of schools in society. We also find how singularly focused they are on political fads, such as the toxic ideology of critical race theory, instead of improving the state of American education.