GOP ‘Culture War’ Limits Teaching on Race in Diverse Classrooms

Public-school educators in Florida face new restrictions on teaching current and historical events on race and racism to a student body where at least 63 percent identify as non-white, the latest development in a culture-war issue many Republicans have seized upon in gearing up for the 2022 midterm elections.

The Florida Board of Education on Thursday approved a measure (Rule Amendment 6A-1.094124) banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory in public schools, becoming the most-populous state to do so. Texas—with the most teachers and second most students of any state—is expected to enact a similar measure ...