The Big Lie About Race in America’s Schools

Royel M. Johnson, Shaun R. Harper, Royel M. Johnson, Shaun R. Harper, H. Richard Milner

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781682539149
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Curricula

A survey of the ways in which misinformation campaigns damage race relations and educational integrity in US public schools and universities and a blueprint for how to counteract such efforts

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Series Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1. “America Has a Problem”: Contextualizing the Attacks on Race and Racial Truth-Telling
• Chapter 2. Ten Truths and One Very Big Lie About Racial Realities in K–12 Schools and Higher Education Institutions
• Chapter 3. Why Book Bans Are Occurring in Schools and What Is Being Done to Stop Them
• Chapter 4. Raising Our Consciousness: Teachers as Leaders for Racial Equity
• Chapter 5. Countermeasures to Education Gag Orders: What K–12 Education Leaders Can Do
• Chapter 6. Psychological Implications of the Anti-Critical Race Theory Movement on Black Children
• Chapter 7. Realities for Queer Students of Color in the Age of Suppressing Racial Truth-Telling
• Chapter 8. Visions of Black Liberation for Teachers in an Era of Distorted Truths
• Chapter 9. Beyond Board Etiquette: Responding to Racism in K–12 School Boardrooms
• Chapter 10. Shared Equity Leadership: A Strategy for Saving DEI Efforts at Colleges and Universities
• Chapter 11. Critically Engaging the Regressive Racial Backlash Reform Movement in Higher Education
• Chapter 12. Anticipated Consequences of “The Big Lie” About Race in America’s Schools
• Chapter 13. Dispelling “The Big Lie” with Truth-Telling for Justice and Democracy in US Schools
• Notes
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Index