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Critical race theory is not being taught in Bedford County Public Schools, division officials said Thursday.
The Bedford County School Board met Thursday night and heard an update regarding recent changes to the state history curriculum. School administrators addressed concerns that critical race theory â a term for an academic framework that examines how policies and the law perpetuate systemic racism, and which has drawn backlash among conservatives in Virginia â is in, or coming, to Bedford County Public Schools.
Karen Woodford, chief learning officer for the school division, denied that claim.
âCritical race theory is not an academic curriculum and it is not being taught through any of the updated Virginia history [standards of learning],â Woodford said. âMany have cited that critical race theory is the basis for all work with adults and students that is being done with inclusion and diversity, which is not true. What the state history SOLs and the edu
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