The Education Exchange: Students Are Learning About Both America’s Progress and its Racist Legacy, Survey Finds

But critically thinking about each perspective is lacking in U.S. classrooms

Photo by Brian KisidaBrian Kisida, an associate professor at the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how much critical race theory has made an impact in America’s schools.

Bridging the Divide over Critical Race Theory in America’s Classrooms,” co-written by Kisida, Gary Ritter, Jennifer Gontram, J. Cameron Anglum, Heidi H. Erickson, Darnell Leatherwood and Matthew H. Lee, is available now at EducationNext.org.

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