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Across the country Republicans are trying their damndest to change our education system. And for the worse.
From DeSantis’ attack on African American AP studies to Kansas legislators arguing that parents have the right to save their kids from public school’s “sexualized woke agenda”, education is on the chopping block.
This worries me deeply .
Not only because I’m a mom of two young kids but because this attack on our education is a form of oppression that we’ve seen time and time again.
This is not new.
Education is the battlefield for many issues; desegregation, LGBTQIA rights, critical race theory, ethnic studies, mask/vaccine mandates, school shootings, just to name a few. It is not a coincidence that public education is being choked to death with school vouchers, mass underfunding, watered-down American history, and “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
“It was not fortuitous that education became embroiled in this conflict. Education is one of the vital tools the Negro needs in order to advance. And yet it has been denied him by devises of segregation and manipulations with quality.”
- Martin Luther King Jr. in his acceptance of the John Dewey Award from the United Federation of Teachers.
What can we do to combat this next fight for education?
1.
“All
politics
is
local.”
–
Research
the
proposed
education
bills
by
your
representatives.
Find
out
what
books
are
being
banned
in
your
school
divisions.
2.
“Your
vote.
Your
voice.”
–
Yes,
voting
matters.
And
yes,
sometimes
the
candidate
that
wins,
isn’t
the
candidate
you
wanted.
But
that
doesn’t
mean
you
can’t
harass
them,
I
mean
call
them,
write
to
them,
or
sign
a
petition
or
two
around
these
issues.
3.
“Chip
in.”
–
In
your
research,
you
might
come
across
the
organizations
fighting
to
keep
the
Black
Lives
Matter
movement
in
African
American
Studies,
fighting
to
keep
transgender
students
safe,
fighting
to
keep
critical
race
theory,
and
fighting
to
fund
our
schools
at
the
level
they
should
be.
If
you
find
those
organizations,
LIFT
THEM
UP
and
chip
in.
We can put up a good fight for education. But only together.
A progressive mom’s musings,
Edil Mari De Los Reyes
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