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Schools not teaching race theory, some want to ban it anyway

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Alabama might ban so-called critical race theory from being taught in public K-12 schools even though no schools are actually doing so.

Members of the Alabama Board of Education on Tuesday discussed the wording of a possible resolution that could be voted on later this summer.

A Republican lawmaker has also introduced legislation for the 2022 session to ban the teaching of critical race theory.

State Superintendent Eric Mackey said critical race theory is “certainly not” taught in schools now.

Some GOP-controlled states have already passed such bans as a national debate intensifies about how race should be used as a lens in classrooms to examine the country’s tumultuous history.

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