Educators Admit Ignoring State’s Critical Race Theory Law

Originally Published on The Republican Standard

An undercover investigation by Accuracy in Media revealed five school administrators in Iowa admitted to ignoring the state’s CRT ban.

To skirt the law and undermine the will of the Iowa Legislature, school officials have relabeled critical race theory lessons.

And their admissions were all caught on camera:

The Daily Caller’s Chrissy Clark further reports:

ANTHONY FERGUSON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR EQUITY, INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT WEST DES MOINES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TOLD ACCURACY IN MEDIA THAT ADMINISTRATORS WORK AROUND THE STATE’S CRITICAL RACE THEORY BAN BY RELABELING “CRITICAL RACE THEORY.”

“I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT OF THIS WORK WITHOUT THE LABEL AND JUST DO THE WORK, RIGHT,” FERGUSON SAID. “I DON’T HAVE TO CALL IT CRITICAL RACE THEORY TO KNOW WHAT WE’RE DOING.”

FERGUSON SAID THAT WEST DES MOINES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTED AN “EQUITY TOOL” THAT ALLOWS ALL LITERATURE, “EVEN MATH,” TO BE TAUGHT THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.

RYAN WILLIAMSON, THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION COORDINATOR AT URBANDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SIMILARLY TOLD ACCURACY IN MEDIA THAT THE STATE’S BAN “HASN’T AFFECTED US AT ALL.”

West Des Moines and Urbandale are among the top 25 largest school districts in the Hawkeye State, with 9,351 and 4,288 students, respectively…