New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring

[Nevilledog]

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Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org
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There's an incredible power in the detailed incidents collected here. I hope reporters keep collecting them --and find a more compelling way to highlight them and expand on them. (Slide show format?) This is a terrible thing for our children.

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New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring
The provisions in 13 states are vague, and tip lines allow parents to report on instructors who violate them. As a result, teachers and principals around the country report a chilling effect, where...
2:16 PM · Feb 15, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/14/critical-race-theory-teachers-fear-laws/

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A Utah student group was called “Black and Proud.” The principal had it renamed. A New Hampshire history teacher used to discuss current events in a unit about race and economics. No more. And Florida school officials canceled a lecture for teachers on the history of the civil rights movement while they considered whether it would violate state rules.

In 13 states, new laws or directives govern how race can be taught in schools, in some cases creating reporting systems for complaints. The result, teachers and principals say, is a climate of fear around how to comply with rules they often do not understand.

The new measures typically bar teachers from suggesting the United States is a racist country, from elevating one race or gender over another or implying that one race is superior. So far, they have not triggered wholesale rewrites of the curriculum, and few educators have faced prosecution or punishment. Some teachers say they see no changes at all.

But many teachers nonetheless describe a chilling effect. They say they now err on the side of caution for fear that a student or parent might complain, resulting in a public battle — or even, in extreme cases, that they might lose their jobs. In New Hampshire and Oklahoma, which allow anyone unhappy with a teacher to complain to the state, there is an extra layer of fear. Teachers found to be out of compliance can lose their teaching licenses.

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[Solly Mack]

1. One of the goals.

[Initech]

2. This is some seriously evil shit.

And also - fuck Fox News to the fiery pits of hell.

[RKP5637]

3. Sadly, teaching will be a dying profession in the US. ... but then taken up by the crazies who

want this type of environment ... of course home teaching and the church indoctrination centers will be glad to take over.

[magicarpet]

4. Thanks for posting and sharing this,.. it will be a culture issue that the rednecks,.. Confederates,

.... Fascists,... KKK,... and Nazis will exploit for the midterm election in 2022 and later in 2024 when trDUMP runs for his second term.

They do not want to hear or admit the crude way Blacks were treated as slaves held in shackles on slave ships. Or the way southern cotton plantation owners treated them and beat them with whips to get them to give a free days work, day after day,... week after week,.. and year after year.