/tags/critical-race-theory Critical Race Theory en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 05 May 2025 19:36:03 GMT /education/2025-05-05/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-austin-independent-school-district-crt-1619-project-slavery-history-race His office plans to depose the superintendent and others as part of an investigation into whether the district is using teaching materials linked to the "1619 Project," which was banned in Texas public schools 2021. Mon, 05 May 2025 19:36:03 GMT /education/2025-05-05/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-austin-independent-school-district-crt-1619-project-slavery-history-race Becky Fogel /education/2022-09-22/when-texas-students-campaigned-for-a-more-diverse-history-course-they-got-a-lesson-in-politics Students had been pushing for the State Board of Education to adopt a new, more inclusive social studies curriculum this year. Instead, the board delayed their scheduled update until at least 2025. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:04:49 GMT /education/2022-09-22/when-texas-students-campaigned-for-a-more-diverse-history-course-they-got-a-lesson-in-politics Brian Lopez /education/2022-09-02/conservative-backlash-pushes-texas-social-studies-curriculum-review-to-2025 The board was initially supposed to update the social studies curriculum by the end of this year. Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:54:28 GMT /education/2022-09-02/conservative-backlash-pushes-texas-social-studies-curriculum-review-to-2025 Brian Lopez /education/2022-08-31/texas-democrats-and-teachers-blast-plans-to-postpone-changes-to-social-studies-standards At a news conference Wednesday, they said misinformation derailed the process of overhauling the curriculum. The State Board of Education was scheduled to adopt the new guidelines in November, but is now expected to delay revisions until 2025. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:09:39 GMT /education/2022-08-31/texas-democrats-and-teachers-blast-plans-to-postpone-changes-to-social-studies-standards Becky Fogel /education/2022-08-23/a-north-texas-school-district-lets-teachers-reject-childrens-pronouns-even-if-parents-approve-of-them The Grapevine-Colleyville district, between Dallas and Fort Worth, added two conservative members to its seven-member school board in May. Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:36:44 GMT /education/2022-08-23/a-north-texas-school-district-lets-teachers-reject-childrens-pronouns-even-if-parents-approve-of-them Brian Lopez /politics/2022-08-19/the-worst-political-environment-for-public-schools-teachers-go-back-to-school-amid-rising-tensions Texas teachers are dealing with the ongoing pandemic, staff shortages, and now, more prominently, the political forces pushing them on social topics such as race and LGBTQ issues. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:15:32 GMT /politics/2022-08-19/the-worst-political-environment-for-public-schools-teachers-go-back-to-school-amid-rising-tensions Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /education/2022-03-07/texas-students-push-back-against-book-bans-for-censoring-lgbtq-racial-justice-issues Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions that focus mostly on LGBTQ and racial themes. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:11:49 GMT /education/2022-03-07/texas-students-push-back-against-book-bans-for-censoring-lgbtq-racial-justice-issues Brooke Park /politics/2022-03-02/several-texas-republicans-against-critical-race-theory-advance-in-state-board-of-education-primary-races All 15 seats of the State Board of Education are up for grabs in November, and there were more than 50 candidates vying for their parties� nominations. Wed, 02 Mar 2022 22:31:22 GMT /politics/2022-03-02/several-texas-republicans-against-critical-race-theory-advance-in-state-board-of-education-primary-races Brian Lopez | The Texas Tribune /education/2022-02-21/ut-austin-president-jay-hartzell-defends-faculty-tenure-after-lt-gov-patrick-proposes-to-end-it-at-all-public-universities Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s proposal to end tenure at all public universities received swift criticism from faculty and higher education experts who said it would negatively impact the reputation of Texas� colleges and universities. Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:33:53 GMT /education/2022-02-21/ut-austin-president-jay-hartzell-defends-faculty-tenure-after-lt-gov-patrick-proposes-to-end-it-at-all-public-universities Kate McGee /education/2022-02-18/lt-gov-dan-patrick-wants-to-revoke-tenure-for-professors-who-teach-critical-race-theory Patrick said a recent resolution adopted by faculty at UT Austin about its academic freedom is another signal the “woke left� has gone too far. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:35:00 GMT /education/2022-02-18/lt-gov-dan-patrick-wants-to-revoke-tenure-for-professors-who-teach-critical-race-theory Julián Aguilar