Trouble in censorville the far right's assault on public education -- and the teachers who are fighting back

"From Florida, whose "Don't Say Gay" law prohibits K-12 instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation, to Texas, which is shuttering libraries in schools, America is in the middle of a far-right war on public education. Now, for the first time, K-12 educators from across the nation give read...

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Other Authors: Kalin, Nadine M. (Editor), Modrak, Rebekah (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Disobedience Press, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: The fight to save public education / Jonathan Friedman
  • An introduction / Nadine M. Kalin and Rebekah Modrak
  • It didn't begin with Trump: The attack on public education - A timeline / Nadine M. Kalin and Rebekah Modrak
  • A note to the reader
  • They decided they didn't like the way I looked / Monica Coles
  • "Debauching the morals of minors." / Martha Hickson
  • Trump got elected and allowed everybody to be hateful / Sally Middleton
  • I was the first tenured teacher in the state of Tennessee to be dismissed when the right wing weaponized CRT / Matthew D. Hawn
  • I feel like I live on the verge of tears / Julie Miller
  • If you're a teacher in the state of Kentucky and you're following the law, you're causing people harm / Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.
  • A well-funded, well-backed push to privatize public education / Misty L.C.
  • I'm still having panic attacks because of how everything was handled / Gavin Downing
  • I promise to speak the truth / Ellen Barnes
  • I refuse to be silenced / Elissa Malespina
  • I couldn't believe the things people I've known my entire life were saying about me / Melissa Grandi Statz
  • This isn't about banning books. It's about triggering people / Carolyn Foote
  • I see the kids that need to feel seen / Jill James
  • The same dog whistles about parental choice, going all the way back to Brown v. Board of Education / Mark Johnson
  • Call to Action: What you can do to resist attacks on public education.