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Ron DeSantis administration bans AP Psychology class over LGBTQ+ topics
DeSantis has accused the organization that administers AP testing of “indoctrination.”
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Public school gives parents option to pull kids out of Black History Month lessons
A photo of the permission slip has gone viral and the Indiana elementary school is backtracking, but the state legislature is considering a bill that could lead to more opt-out letters being sent.
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Parents & politicians attacking institutions of learning is nothing new in human history
Republican legislators throughout the U.S. have enacted new laws and policies intended to define the narrow parameters of what and how students will discuss our country’s past and our present.
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How should we define “freedom” since none of them are absolute?
What happens when one person’s notion of individual freedom violates another person’s sense of collective freedom?
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Nevada will start teaching LGBTQ history in K-12 school curriculum
Nevada will become the sixth state in the nation to require lessons on LGBTQ people and historic events.
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Arizona’s shocking anti-LGBTQ school law wouldn’t just affect queer students
It’s in everyone’s best interests if the LGBTQ community is protected from discrimination.
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The religious right got up in arms about LGBTQ curriculum. This out board member responded.
A gay retired principal endured hours of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. As soon as it was his turn to speak, religious zealots attempted to intimidate him and called him a “Nazi pig.”
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Teacher forbids student with lesbian moms from speaking in favor of same-sex marriage
“I don’t want to hear about [marriage equality], I don’t want to read about it, and I’m the one who has to grade it.”
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Iowa bill would ban teachers from saying that Pete Buttigieg is gay without notifying parents
The bill’s supporters said that Buttigieg’s identity is a “controversial topic” that parents should have a right to opt their children out of.
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How can we teach critical thinking in the heyday of fake news?
The more people develop critical thinking skills, the more likely we might actually save ourselves, our country, and our world from possible destruction.