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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem holds herself out as a tough-minded conservative reformer willing and able to stand up to America’s cultural elites. Unfortunately, when it comes to actually governing, the go-along-to-get-along GOP establishment continues to have Noem’s ear.

Leading historians are mischaracterizing a Texas law that seeks to prevent critical race theory–based indoctrination.

Hard-left activists have taken over the writing of K-12 history and civics standards in ruby-red South Dakota. Governor Kristi Noem’s administration has belatedly attempted to set things right, but the troubled standards are nowhere near fixed.

If you care about the battle over critical race theory (CRT) in the schools, you need to know about Bettina Love.

The overall effort to prevent Critical Race Theory indoctrination is both necessary and justified. It is CRT that is un-American, not efforts to prevent the imposition of this pernicious orthodoxy on schoolchildren.

With his veto of S.B. 146, Ron DeSantis has shown that he can do the heavy lifting required for the education battles ahead. This impressive move confirms DeSantis as one of the foremost leaders in the national push-back against the politicization of America’s schools.

EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz submitted testimony to the Ohio State Legislature last week regarding a bill that would bar core concepts of critical race theory, and core practices of protest civics, from K-12 education in Ohio. This testimony makes the case for such legislation in general, and for bills inspired by the model Partisanship Out of Civics Act in particular.

The national rebellion against Critical Race Theory, leftist indoctrination, and enforced political activism in our schools grows larger every day. Sadly, the current assault on K-12 is but a foretaste of what is to come. President Biden and congressional Democrats are pulling out the stops to force Critical Race Theory (CRT) and “action civics” (better called “protest civics,” because it trains students to be leftist protesters) onto every school in the country.

The South Dakota letter of intent warning state bureaucrats to avoid federal grants in history and civics is a model for other states seeking to push back against leftist action civics and Critical Race Theory in the classroom.

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has given major momentum to a new candidate pledge that not only vows support for honest and informed patriotic education, but promises to bar “action civics” and critical race theory from our schools.

The Civics Secures Democracy Act creates a second Common Core, this time built around radical Critical Race Theory, and civics as leftist political protest.

The Civics Secures Democracy Act is a dagger pointed at the heart of American education. The good news is that Senator John Cornyn and Representative Tom Cole might very well bring the Civics Secures Democracy Act down just by abandoning their co-sponsorship.