Montana superintendent, AG enter national controversy on critical race theory [View all]
Read the whole article. Arntzen seems like a real piece of work.
https://dailymontanan.com/2021/05/25/montana-superintendent-ag-enter-national-controversy-on-critical-race-theory/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8dfbab2d-92b3-4658-b998-62a96f6bf1a0
By Keila Szpaller - May 25, 2021
Superintendent Elsie Arntzen’s bid to fight critical race theory in public schools is likely to pull Montana into a political debate over history and social studies education that’s taking place across the country.
On May 12, Arntzen made a formal request that Attorney General Austin Knudsen issue an opinion on “the legality of teaching so-called ‘antiracism’ and Critical Race Theory in Montana Public Schools.”
Knudsen has not released a public opinion, but he was among 20 Republican attorneys general who signed a May 19 letter to the U.S. Department of Education that describes critical race theory as “deeply flawed and controversial.” The letter of eight pages asks the Department of Education not to fund grant projects that are based on the theory.
Critical race theory describes an academic approach to teaching racial disparities in the United States and the way it has shaped public policy. EducationWeek notes the concept is roughly 40 years old but only recently in the limelight.
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