Teachers are changing their lessons amid increasing scrutiny from parents and a raft of state laws and school policies that circumscribe lessons on race and gender, according to one of the first nationally representative studies of the subject.
A report published by the RAND Corporation on Wednesday found that of a nationally representative sample of 8,000 teachers, one-quarter said they had revised their instructional materials or teaching practices to limit or exclude discussions of race and gender. The report also found that some teachers were more likely than others to alter their lesson plans — including teachers of color, high school teachers and educators in suburban school districts.
Notwithstanding the spate of restrictive laws and policies, “teachers most commonly pointed to parents and families as a source of the limitations they experienced,” the report reads.The findings draw on data gathered during the latest American Instructional Resources Survey, which RAND has administered each spring since 2019. In last year’s iteration, RAND surveyed 8,063 educators teaching English, math and science, as well as analyzed 1,500 open-ended responses from teachers.
The new report comes during intense political, cultural and legislative battles over what students should learn about race, racism, U.S. history, gender and sexual orientation at school.across the past three years restricting what teachers can say and children can do at school. Laws limiting instruction on race, racism and history made up 28 percent of the total: 14 such pieces of legislation have passed in at least 18 states, The Post found. Laws circumscribing instruction on gender identity, sexuality and LGBTQ issues accounted for 23 percent of the total, with 15 such laws having passed in eight states, The Post found.
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