Why One Story and Not Another?

Nonfiction
By: | May 23, 2014

The word “idea” catapults us instantly into philosophy. What does it mean to have an idea? What is an idea? For Plato ideal forms were more real than our… More

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Walking on Eggshells: Teachers' Responses to Classroom Limitations on Race- or Gender-Related Topics

@RANDCorporation report on educational gag orders shows #teachers are self-censoring and restrictions are falling disproportionately on Black teachers.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA134-16.html

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jeremycyoung Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung ·
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@PENamerica predicted in November 2021: "These bills will have a chilling effect on the speech of educators." We wish we had been wrong. State legislators: did you want teachers more afraid and students learning less? Because that's what you've created. https://pen.org/report/educational-gag-orders/

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