No doubt CRT is taught in our schools

Is Critical Race Theory being taught in Washington public schools or not?

In 2021, the Legislature passed, and on May 5th that year Gov. Jay Inslee signed, Senate Bill 5044 to require the teaching of “...equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system.” This is the academic description for Critical Race Theory.

The bill was implemented through the Washington state learning standards using the “Ethnic Studies Framework.” Academic material is used in classrooms based on four CRT criteria: “Identity,” “Power and Oppression,” “History of Resistance and...