Apparently, cooler heads prevailed in the Missouri Senate. The bill regarding education in Missouri as it pertains to teaching about “race,” has been amended, and omits some of the previous version’s restrictions. Although the original draft included a ban on teaching CRT, which was not defined in the bill, the new version omits that ban. The bill now “also includes a provision stating that the bill does not ban teachers from teaching lessons on sexism, slavery, racial oppression, segregation or racial discrimination” (http://bit.ly/40JtQwm). This is helpful, because the classes I’ve taught in business law often contain these topics, as we talk about workplace discrimination and hostile work environments, among other kinds of cases. At least I won’t have to worry about violating the law when I teach the history of and encourage discussion about those issues.
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