In Focus: State lawmakers discuss critical race theory in Kentucky education committee
UPDATED 10:36 AM ET Aug. 03, 2021
PUBLISHED 10:23 AM ET Aug. 03, 2021
PUBLISHED 10:23 AM EDT Aug. 03, 2021
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KENTUCKY — There is a growing group of lawmakers around the United States who say they are troubled by a new way some schools are teaching history.
As of June 2020, throughout the country, 29 states filed types of legislation either mandating how critical race theory (CRT) is taught in schools or some have banned it altogether.
Florida has become the latest U.S. state to ban the teaching of critical race theory, which examines the ways race and racism intersect with politics, culture and the law.