This may be why conservatives get so little traction in Federal politics, and why “liberals” don’t start taking action until the “public choices” of the interest groups actually start mugging them up close and personal, as we are seeing in the majority-Democrat school districts where parents are starting to fight back against CRT.
As for creating “incentives for good management,” that is supposedly what elections are for. They seem to be working in Florida and Texas, and a few other states, but as ArmyMom’s example showed, cleaning CRT out of the schools across the state(s) will be a “house-to-house, hand-to-hand” battle even after the “big bombs” are dropped by the governors & legislatures.

“I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office.”- Milton Friedman
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/738162-i-do-not-believe-that-the-solution-to-our-problem

I was born and bred in small town Texas, and remember our “social studies units” on the Six Flags Over Texas* being as you describe. Santa Ana was not liked by his own countrymen, and many of the Texians fighting for independence were Hispanic.

“We were taught that George Washington won American independence from Britain by defeating (quite a few generals, actually) not that he was racially superior.”

*that’s what the original amusement park was named, and for good reason, before it became a national franchise. Lots of fun when all those attractions were new!

From the Trib home page: “Did you know that The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit newsroom? Your donations help power our public service journalism”

Whenever I hear the word “nonprofit” I would reach for a gun if I had one

The article makes CRT sound like a wonderful examination of racial things when it is generally used in the way you describe and not the way they are pretending. I banged my head against the desk when “systemic racism” is described by the way neighborhoods were drawn out back in the 20’s in Austin. As if that is still in effect….as if we are not 100 years removed from actions like that. I have people of all races living around me and am glad that we all got past segregation. And, the article doesn’t say that we see CRT proponents act like reversing that exact type of segregation except for whites or likely conservatives to them is A-Okay. Funny how they leave that out.

Another facepalm moment is this: “Look at how it teaches the history of the Texas revolution — that people like Stephen F. Austin are racially superior to the treacherous Mexican, like Santa Anna,”. omg…..that is so false and frustrating. I never remember my teachers in Texas teaching that people with Mexican heritage were inferior, mostly because nearly everyone here has some Mexican heritage for goshs sake. We were taught that Stephen F. Austin won Texas independence from Mexico by defeating Santa Anna not that he was racially superior.

I sincerely hope that this CRT stuff is a fad that passes. If it does not, we will not be headed for anything good at all.

dnaxy:

Don’t give CRT ideas!

The difference can be skin color, height, weight, facial features, a cowboy hat, a white feather stuck in the nose….anything.

Of course the anger is projected so that people are mad at themselves and blame it on others.

If these feelings are intense we get wars. If mild, we get bigotry.

To change these old tribal synapses is difficult: it takes good education and a loving and healthy diverse environment while we are growing up.

You could do an experiment: Require 10% of teenagers at a summer camp to wear a red ribbon and seed the campfire with kids who tease them.

Is the Dust Devil from Hong Kong (I know, none in that climate); he makes a very small mess of small things for a very short time but ultimately he is just hot air and dirt swirling about.

“Note that within CRT, as generally with postmodernism, there is absolutely no way to critique CRT. It’s an intellectual black hole that allows no exit.” Yup. Well-meaning liberals have already fallen into the trap. Not teaching CRT just means you don’t want to teach about “racism.” Being “objective” or wanting to have a “debate” makes you privileged and insensitive. It’s ingenious, really.