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Curtis Thompson

Slavery’s a sensitive subject, but so is the question of who gets to be an authority about language.

How the 'critical race theory' debate is crashing headlong into efforts to update social studies standards.

To have, you know -- we should definitely have more black and latino educators because that is what our country looks like, but i don't think you have to be black or latino in order to teach a more accurate history. the problem is that our teacher preparation programs are not equipping educators with the knowledge that they need to teach this history better. when you look at the survey by teaching tolerance, they found that about half or slightly more than half of american educators say they don't feel equipped to teach about slavery, and they really struggle to teach about slavery. it's kind ...

During a special episode of Meet the Press on Sunday titled “Schools, America, and Race”, 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones said, “I don't really understand this idea that parents should decide what's being taught.” Perhaps believing that the Sunday after Christmas would be a slow news day, moderator Chuck Todd dedicated the entire episode to the topic of race and education in America, essentially to dismiss opposition to Critical Race Theory.