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What Is Critical Race Theory? Program Under Fire From Florida Gov. DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory.
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Governor Calls for Changes to Higher Education
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports.
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Florida Teachers Move to Block DeSantis Questions on CRT
A group of Florida college professors are asking a federal judge to block Gov. Ron DeSantis from requesting spending data on diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory programs in state universities. The Wednesday filing comes as part of a lawsuit against the so-called “Stop WOKE” Act, which restricts certain race-based conversations and analysis in colleges. Tallahassee U.S. District...
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PolitiFact: DeSantis Falsely Claims Biden Trying to ‘Buy Off' States to Adopt Critical Race Theory
The “Civics Secures Democracy Act” would authorize the education secretary to make grants to support educational programs in civics. It doesn’t mention critical race theory.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Critical Race Theory
NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports on the alleged assumption that fueled critics such as the Florida governor to spread falsities about a proposed bill.
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Florida Gives Examples After Math Books Rejected for Critical Race Theory
The state’s department of education has released examples of some of the passages that were flagged as not meeting their standards. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law new guidelines involving race-based discussions in businesses and school. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports
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Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill to Limit School Discussion of Race
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law new guidelines involving race-based discussions in businesses and school, part his campaign against critical race theory
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Gov. DeSantis Signs Anti-CRT Legislation
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law new guidelines involving race-based discussions in businesses and school, part his campaign against critical race theory.
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Florida Rejects Math Books Because of Critical Race Theory
The Florida Department of Education announced that they’d rejected dozens of math textbooks that included references to Critical Race Theory and for having other issues that don’t meet their standards. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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See the 54 Math Textbooks Rejected by Florida Department of Education
These are the 54 math textbooks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned from schools, according to the state’s Department of Education. See the full list.
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Florida Dept. of Education Rejects Math Books for ‘Attempts to Indoctrinate Students'
The Florida Department of Education has rejected 54 math textbooks after claiming publishers were trying to “indoctrinate students” with references to Critical Race Theory and other topics. In a statement Friday, the Department of Education said 54 of 132 submitted textbooks, about 41%, were rejected for not conforming with the state’s Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards. The rejected…
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PolitiFact: Senator Blackburn's Claim on Judge Jackson's Speech
Senator Blackburn presented text from a speech given by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Critical Race Theory during her confirmation hearings. But are her claims true? NBC 6’s Phil Prazan breaks it down with our partners from PoliticFact
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Critical Race Theory Center of Debate in Florida's Senate
Critical race theory was the center of debate in the Florida’s Senate. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports
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Would MLK Be Be Happy With America in 2022? He'd Be Disappointed, Daughter Says
In the book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Martin Luther King Jr. called for “a revolution of values” that would help heal American society. In 2022, he would be disappointed that “we didn’t heed his message,” says his daughter Bernice King, a minister and attorney. King joined LX News to talk more about the direction the...
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How Black History is Taught at One Mostly White College in Tennessee
NBCLX went inside an African-American history class at Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tennessee, to learn how its professor and its students are tackling uncomfortable conversations about our nation’s past and present. (Note: This video contains the use of a racial slur. We have chosen not to edit it due to its context and the educational nature of the piece.)
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Black Parents in Texas Are Fighting School Book Bans That Seek to ‘Whitewash History'
The Round Rock Black Parents Association mobilized against calls to remove a book on the history of racist ideas in the U.S. from the school reading list.
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Florida District Cancels Seminar Over Race Theory Concerns
School administrators in a central Florida county canceled a seminar for history teachers on the U.S. civil rights movement, in part, because it hadn’t been screened to make sure it was free of critical race theory
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New Approach to Teaching Race in School Divides New Mexico
A proposal to overhaul New Mexico’s social studies standards has stirred debate over how race should be taught, with thousands of parents and teachers weighing in on changes that would dramatically increase instruction related to racial and social identity beginning in kindergarten