CHRON.com: AG Ken Paxton sues North Texas district for allegedly teaching critical race theory

[Dennis Donovan]

CHRON.com - AG Ken Paxton sues North Texas district for allegedly teaching critical race theory

"Texas children deserve to receive the best education in the world, not have woke ideology forced upon them."

By Brammhi Balarajan,
Trending News Reporter
March 19, 2025

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell ISD, a school district in northern Texas, for allegedly teaching a "woke and hateful critical race theory curriculum."

The lawsuit stems from statements made by Evan Whitfield, the director of curriculum and instruction for Coppell ISD, who allegedly said in a video that the district “does what’s right” and has bypassed state bans by insisting they aren’t teaching critical race theory, according to a press release from Paxton’s office.

The lawsuit also alleges that the school uses the "Next General Science Standards" curriculum, which has not been approved by the state. Next General Science are standards developed by 26 states that develop resources to prepare students for college.



"Liberal administrators who want to ignore state law and unlawfully push divisive and racist CRT curriculum in classrooms will be held responsible for their actions," Attorney General Paxton said in a press release. "Texas children deserve to receive the best education in the world, not have woke ideology forced upon them. My lawsuit aims to put an immediate end to this illegal and hateful curriculum and immediately stop the blatant refusal to follow state law by certain officials at Coppell ISD."

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill in 2021 dubbed by many as the "critical race theory" bill and limited the teaching of current events. The law prescribed how teachers could discuss current events and how educators could discuss racism. For instance, the law bans the mention of the 1619 Project, a novel that examines the history of the U.S. from the moment enslaved people were forced to the U.S., reframing the country's perspective through centering Black Americans. It also prohibits students from getting credit for participating in civic activities such as political activism.

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[surfered]

1. Texas don't need no stinking history.

[eShirl]

2. factual information is now "woke ideology," i.e. facts threaten their white supremacist ideology

can't have facts contradict the propaganda they push

[Paladin]

6. Yeah, we heard you the first time. (nt)

[tanyev]

4. Coppell? That's in a congressional district that has gone solidly red for a couple decades now.

That’s an odd target for Paxton to go after.

[Paladin]

7. Paxton better play nice with Coppell.

Plenty of money and influence in Coppell; not nearly as Anglo and hyper-right wing as Paxton may foolishly believe. They think the world of that school system, there; I hope Paxton is stupid enough to try something suitably inept. And if by chance somebody like Dan Patrick stumbles into this potential clusterfuck---we'll really have ourselves a party if that happens...

[Comrade Citizen]

5. He hates South Asians

Coppell ISD is one of the best school districts in the state and it is being targeted because it has a large population of students of South Asian descent.