South Dakota passes anti-CRT law; other states weigh bills

Image:  Add South Dakota to the list of states that have passed anti–critical race theory laws impacting higher education. “No student or teacher should have to endorse critical race theory in order to attend, graduate from, or teach at our public universities,” Governor Kristi Noem, a Republican and the legislation’s chief architect, said in a statement upon signing it into law this week. “College should remain a place where freedom of thought and expression are encouraged, not...