Critical Race Theory

The group claiming to be against "critical race theory" wasn't the only one to show up.

Public school board members throughout Ohio report being threatened and harassed by parents and taxpayers over what is being taught in their schools or quite often what people think is being taught but isn’t.

Critical race theory is the idea that to understand American history you must consider the role of race and racism. Today on All Sides: how school districts and teachers are dealing with the sudden backlash over critical race theory.

Ohio's state school board has asked the Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to decide whether a resolution to "condemn racism and to advance equity and opportunity" for minority students went beyond the board's legal authority. We look at how controversy over critical race theory has taken over debate in the Ohio Board of Education.

Summer is usually quiet for Central Ohio School board meetings, but not this year.

Critical race theory is the idea that to understand American history you must consider the role of race and racism. Today on All Sides: how school districts and teachers are dealing with the sudden backlash over critical race theory.

Republican-controlled legislatures in states that include Ohio are looking to gag teachers in the classroom when it comes to "Critical Race Theory" lessons. We discuss what it is, what it isn’t and why it’s been thrust to the front lines of the culture war.

Republican-controlled legislatures in states that include Ohio are looking to gag teachers in the classroom when it comes to "Critical Race Theory" lessons. We discuss what it is, what it isn’t and why it’s been thrust to the front lines of the culture war.

Republican-controlled legislatures in states that include Ohio are looking to gag teachers in the classroom when it comes to "Critical Race Theory" lessons. We discuss what it is, what it isn’t and why it’s been thrust to the front lines of the culture war.

Lawmakers have filed two such bills in the Ohio House, and the move has made some strange bedfellows. Early last week, Columbus City Schools leadership and the district’s unions issued a joint statement in opposition.