Federal ESSER Grants Push Critical Race Theory Into Public Schools
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. September 11, 2021
Over the past year, Congress has allocated nearly $200 billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund: CARES $13.5 billion / Covid Relief $54.3 billion / American Rescue Plan $122.7 billion. Though the purposes of reopening the schools and dealing with learning losses sound benign, this is a Trojan horse. Critical Race Theory is being pushed into public schools through federal grant mandates.