End Notes
[i] “Becoming a Board Member,” Arizona School Boards Association, https://azsba.org/resources/becoming-a-board-member/. Accessed September 15, 2021.
[ii] Tyler Stone, “Joy Reid vs. Christopher Rufo on Critical Race Theory: ‘It’s My Show, So It’s How I Want To Do It,’” RealClear Politics, June 24, 2021, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/06/24/joy_reid_vs_christopher_rufo_on_critical_race_theory_its_my_show_so_its_how_i_want_to_do_it.html.
[iii] Caitlin O’Kane, “Head of Teachers Union Says Critical Race Theory Isn’t Taught in Schools, Vows to Defend ‘Honest History,’” CBS News, July 8, 2021, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critical-race-theory-teachers-union-honest-history/.
[iv] “New Business Item 39: 2021 Representative Assembly,” National Education Association, 2021, https://web.archive.org/web/20210705090534/https://ra.nea.org/business-item/2021-nbi-039/. “New Business Item 2: 2021 Representative Assembly,” National Education Association, 2021, https://web.archive.org/web/20210704220526/https://ra.nea.org/business-item/2021-nbi-002/.
[v] GQ Pan, “Largest Teachers’ Union Quietly Removes Pro-CRT Agenda Items From Website,” The Epoch Times, July 7, 2021, https://www.theepochtimes.com/largest-teachers-union-quietly-removes-pro-crt-agenda-items-from-website_3890683.html.
[vi] Liz McCormick, “New Head Of National School Boards Association Talks Masks, Critical Race Theory And Ways Forward Post-Pandemic,” West Virginia Public Broadcasting, August 12, 2021, https://www.wvpublic.org/section/education/2021-08-12/new-head-of-national-school-boards-association-talks-masks-critical-race-theory-and-ways-forward-post-pandemic.
[vii] Jonathan Butcher, “Rescuing Math and Science from Critical Race Theory’s Racial Discrimination,” The Heritage Foundation, July 13, 2021, https://www.heritage.org/education/report/rescuing-math-and-science-critical-race-theorys-racial-discrimination.
[viii] Jonathan Butcher and Mike Gonzalez, “Critical Race Theory, the New Intolerance, and Its Grip on America,” The Heritage Foundation, December 7, 2020, https://www.heritage.org/civil-rights/report/critical-race-theory-the-new-intolerance-and-its-grip-america.
[ix] “Dismantling Institutional Racism in Education,” National School Boards Association, https://nsba.org/Advocacy/Equity/DIRE. Accessed October 5, 2021.
[x] Jacinto Ramos, Jr., “What Stage Are You?” National School Boards Association, December 1, 2020, https://www.nsba.org/ASBJ/2020/December/what-stage-are-you.
[xi] “Dismantling Institutional Racism in a Large Urban School District,” Council of Urban Boards of Education 2020 Annual Virtual Conference, National School Boards Association, https://vimeo.com/486427272; “Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Fort Worth Independent School District: ‘To Be Silent Is to Be Complicit,’” Fort Worth Independent School District, June 9, 2020, https://www.fwisd.org/cms/lib/TX01918778/Centricity/Domain/160/RESOLUTION%20racial%20equity%20committee.pdf.
[xii] “Arizona Bill Banning ‘Biased’ Topics in Schools Advances,” Associated Press, May 6, 2021, https://apnews.com/article/az-state-wire-arizona-bills-race-and-ethnicity-education-1e3b8785418c50c4104698b9d8676c38.
[xiii] “Educational Equity and Critical Race Theory,” Arizona School Boards Association, July 6, 2021, https://azsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Educational-Equity-and-Critical-Race-Theory-What-You-Need-to-Know.pdf.
[xiv] Lori Hunnicutt, “Arizona School Board Members Sign-Up For The Equity Event,” Arizona Daily Independent, April 11, 2021, https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2021/04/11/arizona-school-board-members-sign-up-for-the-equity-event/.
[xv] “The Equity Event,” Arizona School Boards Association, April 22, 2021.
[xvi] Jake Silverstein, “Why We Published The 1619 Project,” The New York Times Magazine, December 20, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/20/magazine/1619-intro.html?; John Murawski, “Disputed NY Times ‘1619 Project’ Already Shaping Schoolkids’ Minds on Race,” RealClear Investigations, January 31, 2020, https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/01/31/disputed_ny_times_1619_project_is_already_shaping_kids_minds_on_race_bias_122192.html.
[xvii] Tom Evans, “Balsz Elementary School District Hosts Pilot for 1619 Project Educational Development Program,” AZEDNEWS, December 15, 2020, https://azednews.com/balsz-elementary-school-district-to-host-pilot-for-educational-development-program/.
[xviii] Western Maricopa Education Center Governing Board Meeting, August 11, 2021.
[xix] Ibid.
[xx] Ibid.
[xxi] Ibid.
[xxii] ASBA Policy Services Subscription Agreement between Arizona School Boards Association and Western Maricopa Education Center (West-MEC), 2017.
[xxiii] Student Violence / Harassment / Intimidation / Bullying Policy, Scottsdale Unified School District No.48, https://www.susd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=772&dataid=675&FileName=scottsdlJ-3200.pdf. Accessed October 7, 2021.
[xxiv] Student Violence, Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment Governing Board Policy, Tucson Unified School District, http://govboard.tusd1.org/Portals/TUSD1/GovBoard/docs/sectJ/JICK.pdf. Accessed October 7, 2021.
[xxv] Lindsay Kornick, “AP’s Fact Check Falsely Claims NSBA Never Requested Protesting Parents to Be Labeled as ‘Domestic Terrorists,’ ”Fox News, October 6, 2021, https://www.foxnews.com/media/ap-factcheck-claims-nsba-never-labeled-parents-domestic-terrorists.
[xxvi] ASBA Messages, Arizona School Boards Association, https://azsba.org/two-important-asba-messages-faqs-on-open-meeting-law-parental-rights-school-mask-policies-and-condemning-racism/. Accessed October 7, 2021.