The Topics Teachers Are Too Afraid to Teach
Frederick Douglass, women’s suffrage, jazz and the blues, Batman, reproductive biology, philosophy. In states with restrictive educational policies, teachers and professors have questioned if they are allowed to teach… More
New Laws Target LGBTQ+ Students and Put Pressure on Teachers to Monitor and Report Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Schools
“This is an alarming trend that threatens to turn teachers into the sexuality and gender police of public education, forcing them by law to monitor the most personal of… More
Educational Intimidation Bills
These bills enable blanket restrictions on books or curricula for all students—and ultimately empower an ideological assault on public education. More
Teachers and Librarians Describe a Climate of Fear Stoked By New Laws
new 'educational intimidation' Laws lead to classroom censorship By: Lisa Tolin | August 22, 2023 In her 30 years as a school librarian, Jill Blake fielded the occasional request from parents… More
Wisconsin Teacher Fired for a Private Tweet: an “Extreme and Punitive Overreaction”
“I think it’s very confusing for kids, because we’ve come so far with the LGBTQ community, and we like to think that there’s less racism. We have a lot… More
PEN America Legal Filing Argues that Florida’s Stop WOKE Act is Unconstitutional
“Florida’s ‘Stop W.O.K.E.’ Act impedes the robust exchange of ideas that is foundational to our education system and our democracy,” said Kate Ruane, Sy Syms director of the U.S.… More
5 Myths about Educational Gag Orders
The legislators behind these gag orders are not interested in a productive back-and-forth with educators; what they want is simply to dictate the terms of teachers’ surrender. More
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