Late in February, Wisconsin’s legislature passed a parents’ bill of rights bill, which, Wisconsin Public Radio reports, “would give parents and guardians guaranteed rights with regard to how their children are taught in school. Those include the right to review instructional materials…. The bill… allows parents and guardians to sue governments and officials who violate those rights.” Public school advocates hope that Governor Tony Evers, who previously served as the state’s superintendent of public instruction, will veto this bill.
And in the Ohio House of Representatives, the State and Local Government Committee is holding hearings on Ohio Substitute House Bill 327, which prohibits teaching about and promoting ‘divisive’ concepts. Teachers and principals could have their licenses revoked if the law passes.
While debate about these bills, which have become law in more than twenty states, continues to be raucous and divisive, it is not inevitable that teaching in K-12…
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