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Critical race theory sparks activism in students

  • Written by Jerusha Osberg Conner, Professor of Education, Villanova University
imageYouth organizers tend to outperform their peers in school. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Critical race theory – an academic framework that holds that racism is embedded in society – has become the subject of an intense debate about how issues of race should or shouldn’t be taught in schools.

Largely missing in the debate is evidence of...

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