University suspends student-teacher partnership after district bans Critical Race Theory

California State University Fullerton (CSU-Fullerton) announced it suspended its partnership with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District on ...

November 17, 2022
8:36 AM

California State University Fullerton (CSU-Fullerton) announced it suspended its partnership with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District on Oct. 17 due to the latter's ban on teaching critical race theory (CRT).Until then, CSU-Fullerton had been providing student-teachers from the university to aid K-12 education. [RELATED: Governor bans Critical Race Theory in schools, says it 'threatens the integrity of education]The suspended partnership came six months after Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified became the first Orange County district to ban CRT in a 3-2 vote on April 6.

Noelle Fitchett