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Theory plans as a new equity plans. loudon county identifying as mostly black or asian. the stop brass denies the controversial curriculum is being taught to these children. chief washington correspondence mike emanuel live in virginia for us with more. hi, mike. >> martha, the interim school superintendent here insists the focus is on being inclusive and nothing controversial. >> critical race theory is not something that is relatable on the k-12 level. it's not taught in our school or presented to our students. >> so loudon county parents say they may not call it critical race theory but it'...

Part of its revamped equity program. the district's acting superintendent, though, tells fox news the parents' claims aren't true and he insists the curriculum isn't part of the plan. we are joined by our reporter. >> top leadership of the loudon county school system insist the emphasis here is on inclusiveness. >> critical race theory is not something that is relatable on the k-12 level. not something that is taught in our school or presented to our students. >> some loudon county parents say they may not call it critical race theory but the curriculum changed to more issues on race, gender i...

Private school of anyof their choice. we did all of this and we raised standards and my belief is our standards have to be high enough where a student going through our system is college or career ready. and that's not what's happening right now. is common core a take over? >> no, it shouldn't be. here's where i think conservatives and myself are deeply concerned with this president and this department of education, there's a risk that they will intrude and they have as it relates to race to the top. what we should say, quite clearly in the reauthorization of the k-12 law, i think it may hav...

This president and this department of education there is a risk they will intrude and they have when it comes to race to the top. what we should say in reauthorization of the k-12 law that may have been on the floor in the house of representatives is to say the federal government has no role directly or indirectly no role in the creation of curriculum and content, no access to student i.d. or student information. the role of the federal government, if there is any, is to provide incentives for more school choice. take the money and if states want to innovate give them the money to create their...

Really matters. the other important point to recognize here, folks like to focus on chief justice roberts, but justice kennedy is where the game is here. i think kennedy, himself, acknowledged in his prior decision regarding k-12 integration that diversity matters. he, you know, favors diversity and recognizes as a country, we are struggling with segregation. colleges and universities are uniquely situated to address this problem. we have segregation at the k-12 level. where else are we going to learn to live and work together except higher education. >> we are talking not about the great flag...