i want to bring in jeremy peters. he has been writing about this for "the new york times" and nbc's antonia hilton in colleyville, texas, she's the cohost of the south lake podcast. jeremy, explain to us what is actually being taught no schools and how that compares to what people are upset about and what the media says. >> i think you captured it pretty well, steph. that's the idea that this academic theory that is often taught in law schools and graduate schools isn't actually being injected into the curriculum word for word in schools, k-12, across the country. but its ideas have influenced the way that teachers talk about race in some schools, public and private. and so this concept of critical race theory has become a bogeyman, because it basically, it's a complicated, nuanced subject and it's been reduced to a right-wing bogeyman. and it can mean whatever parents want it to mean. and it can also mean whatever politicians want it to mean. and that's what you've seen in some of these states where republican legisl

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here's "new york times" jeremy peters. >> the youngkin campaign capitalized on anger and anxiety and frustrations over -- from parents who are still dealing with the traumatic effects of trying to teach their kids at home and hold down their own jobs. >> on top of that, there is still a lot of frustration over how much damage has already been done to our kids' education. one analysis found that on average, the pandemic put kids five months behind in math and four months behind in reading in just the last year alone. so right now, i want to bring in john king, former education secretary under president obama. he spent the last several years running the education trust, which tries to close the achievement gap for students of color. he's currently running for governor of the state of maryland. first things first. critical race theory is not being taught to kids, but republicans are out there pumping these lies everywhere. should democrats be out there using those same social media channels to set the record straight? >> absolutely. we have to make clear that what we're interested in is