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One year anniv.: In March of 2021, as right-wing politicians & media scaled up attacks on educators’ most basic responsibility — to teach young people accurately & truthfully — we launched a #TeachTruth pledge.

8,000+ teachers have bravely signed. ⬇️ 🧵

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Many teachers have faced steep consequences for signing the pledge.

Right wing websites have listed their names, along with the communities in which they work.

Their goals are clear: to incite harassment & spread fear.

As one teacher wrote, “This is modern-day McCarthyism.”
The right claims it is against "political indoctrination."

In fact, the anti-CRT bills take aim at lessons that do the opposite. The right seeks to suppress critical thinking and questioning.

This is what teaching people's history looks like ⬇️ .
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