What is Happening with Critical Race Theory in Education?
Gloria Ladson-Billings discusses how Critical Race Theory became the umbrella term for all things race in schools and the current tension around teaching and talking race in the classroom.
The Harvard EdCast · Jill Anderson, Gloria Ladson-Billings
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Show Notes
When Gloria Ladson-Billings set out in the 1990s to adapt critical race theory from law to education, she couldn’t have predicted that it would become the focus of heated school debates today.
In recent years, the scrutiny of critical race theory – a theory she pioneered to help explain racial inequities in education – has become heavily-politicized in school communities and by legislators. She says it has been grossly misunderstood and used as a lump term about many things that are not actually critical race theory. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor discusses the current politicization and tension around teaching about race in the classroom and offers a path forward for educators eager to engage in work that deals with the truth about America’s history.