Candidate for governor threatens to wipe out Education Department over Critical Race Theory.

Candidate for governor threatens to wipe out Education Department over Critical Race Theory. Actually, he can’t.


Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley this week released a statement threatening to eliminate the state Department of Education if it didn’t immediately address his concerns -- he wants to ban Critical Race Theory and mandate that all classes be livestreamed.

But legal experts say there would be one big thing standing in his way: the state constitution.

Kelley is among the Republicans in Michigan and nationwide outraged by Critical Race Theory -- a framework in education that helps everyday people understand race and racism on an institutional and structural level. It is not taught in Michigan’s K-12 schools.

Kelley said he would work with the Michigan Department of Education to implement a series of changes, including livestreaming all classes so parents could monitor them and implementing an “anti-communism curriculum.”

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