Missouri Attorney General Files Suit Against Springfield Public Schools for Sunshine Law Violations After Requesting Documents on Critical Race Theory in Schools
https://ago.mo.gov/home/news/2021/11/16/missouri-attorney-general-files-suit-against-springfield-public-schools-for-sunshine-law-violations-after-requesting-documents-on-critical-race-theory-in-schools
Missouri Attorney General Files Suit Against Springfield Public Schools for Sunshine Law Violations After Requesting Documents on Critical Race Theory in Schools
The lawsuit alleges that Springfield Public Schools has publicly acknowledged that they are instructing teachers and staff on critical race theory, stating, “In a December 2020 report, Springfield Public Schools reported that it had required the Board of Education, Senior Leadership Team (consisting of building principals, department directors, assistant directors, and coordinators), and Equity Champions (internal staff at school buildings who are also tasked with leading equity efforts and initiatives) to participate in a one-day training from the Facing Racism Institute as part of the 2019 Fall Leadership Series… According to Springfield Public Schools, one of the Facing Racism Institute’s training objectives is to ‘introduce the components of critical race theory from educational research with applications to the district, . . .’”
Further, the lawsuit alleges that at another training, teachers and staff were required to consult an “oppression matrix” and identify where they fall on the matrix. According to the matrix, “privileged social groups” include “white people,” “male assigned at birth,” and “protestants.” Another figure presented to staff stated that “covert white supremacy” could be “education funding from property tax,” and “all lives matter.” Yet another figure that was presented to Springfield Public Schools staff at a different training stated that “Make America Great Again,” “police murdering POC [People of Color],” and “celebration of Columbus Day” are examples of covert white supremacy.
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