Posted on 06/12/2021 4:23:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As middle school teacher Brittany Paschall assembled a lesson plan on the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, she wondered how she might have to go about it differently next year under a new Tennessee state law that prohibits teaching certain concepts of race and racism.
The unit was about baseball, but more importantly, it was about segregation and racism in America.
“I kept thinking, in light of this bill, if this were next year, how would I teach this to my students?” said Paschall, an English teacher in Nashville. “Do we teach students to ignore tough subjects?”
Laws setting guiderails for classroom instruction on race passed this year in Republican-controlled states have left some teachers worried about how they will be enforced. Particularly in districts with large numbers of people of color, educators say they worry everyday discussions about students’ experiences could land teachers in hot water.
In response to a push for culturally responsive teaching that gained steam following last year’s police killing of George Floyd, Republican lawmakers and governors have championed legislation to limit the teaching of material that explores how race and racism influence American politics, culture and law. The measures have become law in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma and bills have been introduced in over a dozen other states.
Professional teachers associations and some school boards have blasted the laws as disrespecting teachers’ judgment and opening the door to censorship.
“This is an assault on the craft of teaching,” said Paschall, who is Black. “It’s asking me to show up and ignore parts of my own identity.”
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Just like government school teachers!
You can teach the history of the Negro Leagues without infusing it with Communist propaganda.
“Do we teach students to ignore tough subjects?”
Math is a tough subject. Teach that!
Don't.
She should STFU.
All we’re asking is that you do not indoctrinate students and look how upset they get.
The Ministry of Education is as damaging to America as the Ministry of Propaganda.
We need a law banning these teachers from classrooms.
Correctamundo!
You were not hired to teach any children about, not "part" of your identity, actually, about "any" of your identity.
Public schools make cesspools look attractive.
How about Teachers teach reading, writing, arithmetic, history, chemistry, Calculus et al, and let parents teach ethics, morals, and life skills?
Maybe she can’t because she is a Marxist.
You teach the truth. The Negro League was formed because blacks weren’t allowed to be in the majors. Yes, it was because of racism. BUT, MLB changed and eventually had black baseball players.
Another reason to homeschool or homeschool pod..or full private school. What a sanctimonious loser teacher.
The teaching of critical thinking has been replaced with critical theory indoctrination.
Get another job...
Communist propaganda is the meat, not the seasoning.
Why is an English teacher (presumably, a teacher of English, not a British immigrant) propagandizing her class with the “History of the Negro Baseball Leagues”? Is that what passes for literature?
Like who gives a shit
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