STATE EDUCATION

“I wanted to teach differently than I had been taught”: How some Texas educators practice anti-racist teaching

Conservative lawmakers denounce critical race theory and say it facilitates racism. Some teachers say it actually informs their efforts to counter racism in the curriculum and classroom, even though they don't teach it directly to students.

By Isabella Zou, The Texas Tribune
Posted 8/24/21

As a child in her San Antonio fourth grade classroom, Alejandra Lopez learned about the Battle of Alamo the way most Texas students do: The Anglo fighters were valiant heroes against the Mexican …

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