Commentary
Currently, at least 22 states have legislation pending that would forbid the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 public schools. Six states—Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas—have turned those bills into law. That—plus a grassroots uprising of parents against indoctrinating youngsters with the idea that “systemic racism” is baked into all American institutions—has caused panic among the progressive academics and their media allies for whom CRT seemed to be the next big pedagogical thing.