Number of teachers pledging to teach Critical Race Theory in Fort Worth stagnates at four in week ending April 9

By Ft Worth Times

Apr 21, 2022

There were no new teachers in Fort Worth who signed the pledge in week ending April 9, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.

No new teachers sign the pledge the week before. It now has four pledges from Fort Worth teachers by the end of the week ending April 9.

They’re one of the thousands of US teachers pledging to continue educating students about the controversial Critical Race Theory, which explains racism is embedded in US culture and politics.

Though the concept was first suggested in the late 70’s, it has recently exploded as a contentious issue between the American right and left in the last two years.

Many who signed the pledge are defying state bans on the teachings. Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee have passed legislation banning discussions about the US being inherently racist.

Other states, such as Montana and Georgia, have denounced the teachings and are discussing a ban on critical race theory teachings.

In an interview with The Washington Free Beacon, Ashley Varner of the Freedom Foundation accused the Zinn Education Project of providing “left-leaning propaganda to teachers.”

Teachers in Fort Worth who’ve pledged to teach Critical Race Theory

Teachers	Thoughts on Critical Race Theory
Anne Wunneburger	Students deserve a representative history and public educators should honor that.
Carol July	It is IMPOSSIBLE to teach a song like "Follow the Drinking Gourd" without explaining why it's a code song or why it needed to be in code.The smart students will NOT accept 'have your parents ask your legislators' as an educated answer.
Kathleen Voormolen	Why would we want children to learn anything less than the truth? Isn't history so much more exciting when all the confusing and contentious details show how the past wasn't simpler and actions then still resonate today? Isn't it important for us to understand that the victors weren't always right, for each segment of the population see their ancestor's real part in the history of the country, that real people were involved, not just blanketed stereotypical generalizations of an ideal, that the narrative needs to be viewed from different perspectives, not just from one side, trying to rationalize and justify heinous acts in the past? Why do history if we aren't going to be allowed to learn from the past so that we can choose to do better in the future?
Claudia Adame	“no comment”