Education laws in America: Tracking state laws on teaching race, sex and gender

Since 2017, dozens of states have enacted more than 110 laws and policies reshaping the teaching of race, racism, sexual orientation and gender identity. These new rules now affect how three-fourths of the nation’s students learn about topics ranging from the role of slavery in American history to the lives of nonbinary people.The Washington Post is tracking state laws, rules and policies that regulate instruction about race, as well as lessons on sex and gender, and will continue to update this page as state leaders take action.Much of the first wave of curriculum legislation — from…