Nearly 30% of educators in red states that limit discussions of Black history say they've altered their curriculum, according to a new survey of teachers.
Conservative-led states' and school districts' bans on so-called critical race theory have led some teachers to scrap once-noncontroversial Black history lessons for fear of being fired or shamed on and social media.
About 41% of Black teachers in states with limitations say they have changed lessons. Around 28% of white teachers in those same states say they altered their curriculum.Teachers told researchers they didn't teach critical race theory, but changed their lessons over concerns they could still be accused of doing so, Ashley Woo, a RAND assistant policy researcher, told Axios.
"I think it's really important for all of these leaders to really take stock of what their teachers think about these restrictions, to really understand their experiences with how it's impacting their working conditions." Woo said teachers told researchers that they worry new restrictions on diversity and gender lessons could affect critical thinking skills and students' development of empathy toward others.At least 18 states enacted legislation to limit the teaching of "divisive concepts" or CRT from 2022 to 2023, according to data from the
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