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Nov 2021
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181: Teachers are being silenced. What c...

JENNIFER GONZALEZ
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How is the anti-CRT movement harming and silencing teachers, what damage will it ultimately do to students, and what can be done to fight it? 

For a more complete overview of this topic, be sure to check out EdTrust's podcast series EdTrusted: The Critical Race Theory Craze That’s Sweeping the Nation.

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Thanks to CommonLit and Brain Power Academy for sponsoring this episode.

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