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Educational gag orders represent a serious threat to the very academic autonomy that has allowed for so much intellectual discovery at our institutions. Read the op-ed in @Newsweek by @ACEducation's Ted Mitchell and @PENamerica's @SuzanneNossel.
http://ow.ly/igX150Nq5iX
@MarkGDuncan1 @vickijohnson Students retain their First Amendment rights in schools…. https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1615368116359266305
“We are preparing students for life in a participatory democracy…” 📣 Please listen -> https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1639040796522602497