Thread by @mollybackes

Here’s a list of terms & subjects Republican lawmakers would like to ban in all Wisconsin classrooms:

And a few more:

As an English teacher, I… am honestly speechless. It’s impossible to teach literature without discussing the cultural & historical context in which they were created. Art responds to the world; if students aren’t allowed to understand the world, how can they understand art?

Not to mention the fact that many of these “abstract concepts” are in fact lived experience for many children in our state. It’s hard to establish rapport with students when you’re being forced to deny their own lived truths.