Education Commission

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring “training that promotes race stereotyping, for example, by portraying certain races as oppressors by virtue of their birth.” White House

Last week, President Trump gave a speech decrying the teaching of “critical race theory” and the New York Times’ 1619 project, and announced the creation of “a national commission to promote patriotic education.” White House

The right is generally supportive of the commission and skeptical of critical race theory.

The left is critical of the commission and advocates for curricula that teach American history in all its complexity.