@flexghost
It isn't the "polite" RNC of Romney, McCain, Bushes. The Gingrich loud-mouthing got normalized, stupidity got promoted, and "Straight White Males uber alles" is their unsubtle tag line. For all the three-Rs they seem to promote, they destroy #publiceducation and create #bookbans and sow division. No wonder their PR title is worse than what could be written by a 5th grade student. Also, those words are per #LauraTrump orders. MAGA - Make Americas-First-Crime-Family Grift Again!
The board of trustees for the Cypress Fairbanks independent school district in Houston voted 6-1 earlier this month to redact certain chapters in science textbooks, including those about vaccines, human growth, diversity, and climate change.
The Texas Taliban are determined to ensure that the state remains rooted to the 15th century.
#NexBenedict, #Oklahoma#nonbinary teen died after #school fight amid reported #bullying
…The [statement] from the school district provided some background: The fight on Feb 7 involved several students at the HS. It was broken up by other students & a staff member. All of those involved “walked under their own power to the asst principal’s office & nurse’s office” &, per “district protocols,” were evaluated by the nurse.
This year, [Oklahoma] legislators already have proposed >50 anti-LGBTQ+ laws — more than any other state, according to the ACLU.
The man who heads #PublicEducation in #Oklahoma is also a vocal critic of #LGBTQ+ rights. Superintendent #RyanWalters appointed #ChayaRaichik — the #conservative activist behind #LibsOfTikTok, which has targeted LGBTQ-friendly teachers at #Owasso schools — to a state library advisory board.
This is what it is like to teach in so many places in the United States.Grinding poverty,the lack of social services & public investment, and indifference of those in power to the marginalized, as well asthe lie of the "American Dream" are a toxic combination. We end up spending out of pocket just so a kid can have some gloves or a snack.Meanwhile you have #GOP governors turning down FOOD FOR CHILDREN!
Historian James D. Anderson argues that the freed slaves were the first Southerners "to campaign for universal, state-supported public education". Blacks in the Republican coalition played a critical role in establishing the principle in state constitutions for the first time during congressional Reconstruction. Some slaves had learned to read from White playmates or colleagues before formal education was allowed by law; African Americans started "native schools" before the end of the war; Sabbath schools were another widespread means that freedmen developed to teach literacy. When they gained suffrage, Black politicians took this commitment to public education to state constitutional conventions.
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If you think it was ever about "saving the children" or "parent's rights", I've got a bridge to sell you.
"A Pennsylvania school board that banned books, Pride flags and transgender athletes slipped a last-minute item into their final meeting before leaving office, hastily awarding a $700,000 exit package to the superintendent who supported their agenda."