03/14/2023
"Do state leaders really care if your kid is reading these books? I doubt it. It’s about making you feel afraid. Such policies discourage teachers from addressing topics like racism or sexism in the classroom and suggest to parents that sending their kids to a public school is akin to shipping them off to an indoctrination camp. It’s that fear that worries me—the idea that we should be frightened of unorthodox ideas, ugly history and provocative art, and, especially, that we should be afraid of one another. Left to fester, that fear will drive good teachers out of the school system and undermine people’s trust in public education. I’d wager that’s the point." - Cooper Levey-Baker, Sarasota Magazine
Fear will drive good teachers out of the school system and undermine people’s trust in public education.
