critical race theory

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law new guidelines involving race-based discussions in businesses and school. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports

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

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.

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

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.

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…

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

Critical race theory was the center of debate in the Florida’s Senate. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports

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...

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.)

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.

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

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