The Kansas State Board of Education told the Legislature the principles of Critical Race Theory (CRT) are not used in schools, but in December 2023, KSBOE approved a contract with a company that says most teacher prep programs are “significantly whiter than the public school population.”
Board members may not have known about The New Teacher Project (TNTP) views on “whiteness” as the documentation provided in the Board packet was very generic, saying “Smoky Hill Education Service Center will contract with The New Teacher Project (TNTP) to initiate statewide support for High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) as we look to strengthen quality instruction in Kansas.”
