- by foxnews
- 12 Nov 2024
Curriculum restrictions in US public schools hurt teachers and students alike | Stacey Abrams and Randi Weingarten
Curriculum restrictions in US public schools hurt teachers and students alike | Stacey Abrams and Randi Weingarten
- by theguardian
- 21 Sep 2024
- in politics
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Students across the country are settling into the new school year, connecting with friends and developing new knowledge and skills. Teachers are also hard at work, but in many places, their lesson plans will be far more complicated than they were last year.
Access to strong, supported public schools is one of the key pathways to the American dream. By attempting to shape public education to reflect their worldview and punishing educators for teaching a diverse and inclusive curriculum, reactionary legislators are looking to impose their specific ideologies over educational institutions that serve a broad public.
To do so is a monumental job, and teachers necessarily surrender some of their first amendment rights when they agree to take on these responsibilities. They must defer to the state curriculum. Their job is to educate, not indoctrinate. But teachers do not surrender all of their first amendment rights upon entering the profession. They could not serve our children otherwise.
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