We've heard that a teacher who signed the #TeachTruth pledge is being told by her school admin to sign McCarthy era like statement promising not to teach Critical Race Theory.
This would be a new tactic in right wing campaign to ban teaching of history and current events.
This would be a new tactic in right wing campaign to ban teaching of history and current events.
And let's be clear about what they are banning. Cartoon ⬇️ by @SlyngCartoons sums it up. Status quo is threatened by growing number of teachers committed to #TeachOutsideTextbook about people's history. They want teachers to go back to whitewashed textbook version of history. 
"Bans of critical race theory. . . are attempts to avoid the responsibility to accurately depict historical and current racial inequities; their bans use color-evasiveness in education to avoid talking about racism & white supremacy altogether." -- Read ⬇️
hechingerreport.org/opinion-using-…
hechingerreport.org/opinion-using-…
Make visible your commitment to #TeachTruth. Organize an event at historic site for Aug 27-29. See ⬇️
Not a teacher? Write an op-ed, testify at local school board meeting (and run for school board!), reach out to local teacher union to offer support.
zinnedproject.org/news/aug-27-29…
Not a teacher? Write an op-ed, testify at local school board meeting (and run for school board!), reach out to local teacher union to offer support.
zinnedproject.org/news/aug-27-29…
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