I expect red state textbooks to say Biden didn’t win a fair election in 2020.
One concerned teacher said Christian nationalism is "just baked into" every part of DeSantis' new initiative. (via @MaddowBlog) https://t.co/em2PS2tZLw
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 1, 2022
Teachers told the Miami Herald the new standards portray the founders as against the idea of the separation of church and state, downplay the role of the colonies in slavery, and push conservative judicial theories. https://t.co/CXFuVAalTL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 1, 2022
Included in the new civics training for Florida public school teachers is the statement that it is a “misconception” that “the Founders desired strict separation of church and state.” https://t.co/5zP5psfdb2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2022
Wisconsin school board members dismissed a book on Japanese American incarceration during World War II because it created an “unbalanced” account of history, outraged parents say. https://t.co/qXesk4nfRQ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 1, 2022
Restricting voting access is about changing the electorate of today; censoring the teaching of race/gender/sexual orientation and banning books is about changing the electorate of tomorrow. https://t.co/fkHERTj3zZ https://t.co/k1uVI5tH7M
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 1, 2022
I wasn’t planning on speaking today, but when a GOP Senator stepped up to the mic to MOCK @SenErikaGeiss and me for walking out of a second “CRT” hearing in the Michigan Senate, I couldn’t let it stand. pic.twitter.com/ZKmBRyKXPA
— Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki) June 9, 2022
Republicans now refuse to use the word “slavery”. https://t.co/77OGlCfape
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 1, 2022
Kudos to @washingtonpost for being the only one I've seen to get the headline right on this. Everyone else went for the clickbait/panic effect.
— Natalie Jackson (@nataliemj10) July 1, 2022
Horrifying that it was proposed, but the right thing did happen.https://t.co/xe4UZwoSWT
Sad! 