"1000s of educators & others gathered at historic locations in more than 20 cities to make clear that they would resist efforts in at least 15 Republican-led states to restrict what teachers can say in class about racism, sexism and oppression in America." washingtonpost.com/education/2021…
"In Iowa, where Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds this week signed legislation banning the teaching of “specific defined concepts,” including critical race theory, teachers say the law is already a chilling effect."
“I will say it’s already playing out,” sixth-grade teacher Monique Cottman said in an interview with Jesse Hagopian, a Seattle high school teacher and co-founder of Black Lives Matter at School."
“The White teachers who started doing a little bit more teaching about race & racism are now going back to their old way of teaching..."
"I’ve had conversations with teachers who said things like, ‘I’m getting so much pushback for teaching Alice Walker, I’m going to go back to teaching what I used to teach."
"So all the teachers who would have done a little bit of what I was doing — anti-racism work and culturally responsive teaching — they’re not going to do anything next year. They’re already declaring, ‘I’m not doing nothing,’ or ‘It’s not safe,’ or ‘I don’t want to lose my job.’”
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