America First Attorneys Demand Rural Iowa School Stops Indoctrinating Students with Critical Race Theory
June 17, 2022 | Iowa
A school district in Baxter, Iowa, is reportedly teaching a “Social Justice in Literature” course in violation of state law, and attorneys with America First Policy Institute’s Constitutional Litigation Partnership are demanding the district stop.
The course, offered as an elective at Baxter High School, teaches students to “use a social justice lens to analyze contemporary young adult fiction,” according to a description from the school in attorneys’ demand letter.
The group also filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents in the school district that contain information about social justice, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and similar topics.
Baxter School District has fewer than 470 students enrolled in grades K-12, Department of Education data shows…. (Excerpt from Just The News and The Virginia Star)