FromoneofAmerica’smostrelentlesscriticsofCriticalRaceTheorycomesthisfar-reaching,on-the-groundinvestigationofhowCRTinfiltratedourpublicschoolsandtransformedthemintoactivismfactories--withdisastrousresults.AwarenessoftheriseofCriticalRaceTheory(CRT)inpublicschoolsandhowithasshapedoureducationsystemtooktheU.S.bystormoverthelastfewyears.ParentstrulybecameawareforthefirsttimehowdeeplyentrenchedCRTwasintheclassrooms,andtheireyeswereopenedtotheinsidiousagendathoroughlyembeddedinpublicschools.Asaresult,CRTandparentalrightsineducationbecamesomeofthemostexplosiveissuesfacingAmericanstoday.KennyXuisaperceptiveandrelentlesscriticofCRTandourculture’swaronmeritocracy.Andnow,inSchoolofWoke,XuexposeshowCRTistransformingpublicschoolsandhavingadestructiveimpactonourchildren’seducation--andtheirfuture.InSchoolofWoke,XuprovideshistoricalcontexttotheriseofCriticalRaceTheoryineducation,tracingitbacktoelitegraduateschoolsinthe1970sandshowinghowtheideologybecameinstitutionalizedandcredentialed.Xucoversthebattlestakingplaceinthemostproblematicandcontestedschooldistrictsinthenation,includingLoudounandFairfaxCountyPublicSchoolsinNorthernVirginiaandSantaBarbaraHighSchoolinCalifornia.Healsoexposesthelucrativebusinessmodelbehindthediversityconsultingindustrialcomplexthatisinstrumentalinthecurricularwars,revealinghoweducatorsandadministratorshavebeengaslightingthepublicabouttheprevalenceofthisradicalideologyintheclassrooms,wherechildrenasyoungasfivearebeingsegregatedintheclassroombyraceandarebeingtaughtthatwhitenessisinherentlyevil.Aworkofcolorfulreportage,historicalanalysis,andculturalcommentary,SchoolofWokerevealswhatitwilltaketoextricateournextgenerationfromthedestructivetrendsinouronce-vauntedpublicschooleducationsystem.
