Dupage Policy Journal

Wheaton resident Jan Shaw is using the Wheaton-Warrenville CUSD 200 school board’s own words against them in the debate over critical race theory (CRT) teachings.

“Wheaton-Warrenville CUSD 200 administrators have claimed that "Critical Race Theory is not in the district,” Shaw recently posted on Facebook. "I've also seen comments on social media claiming that there is no CRT in Public K-12 schools. I beg to differ! See the proof." 

He posts a link to the dupagewatchdog.

Wheaton-Warrenville CUSD 200 isn’t the only local school district insisting they don’t teach as CRT as concerns to the contrary have mounted.

Bloomington District 87 Superintendent Barry Reilly said that such teachings will not be part of the school’s curriculum for its fall reopening.

“I get that these issues are hot topics right now in the community and we hear them, but we need to be able to come together and talk about them in a more civil manner,” Reilly told WGLT.org. “Critical race theory is not in the state learning standards so it is not in our curriculum. When it comes to critical race theory that is something I think people really need to educate themselves about because I think that there are some misconceptions.”

At a recent District 87 board meeting, a crowd of more than 50 people turned out to engage in more than two hours of public comment on the issue, many of them in opposition.

“Stop indoctrination of our children” some signs read. “No critical race theory.” Others wore clothes promoting the Black Lives Matter movement.

All across the state and much of the country the issue of CRT instruction has become a hot-button issue with critics of the system arguing it promotes divisiveness and leads to segregation.