Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Christy Johnston | San Diego, CA
Karen Galbraith | Sewickley, PA
There is strong opposition in our local community to teaching critical race theory, and as a parent I pledge to teach my own children and to do whatever I can to ensure that all the children in our community are taught the truth.
Leah Jackson | Cleveland, OH
Della Jones Friec | Atlanta , GA
Teach the truth with compassion; the students can handle it! We must start with the truth, including that there are different perspectives, and then we can understand, expand, creatively problem solve, heal, repair, and progress toward our greater ideals. It is these young people who will lead us next; their foundational knowledge, vision, resilience, and skills will make our world a better place for all. Let us trust their value and intellect, and honor them by teaching the truth.
John Benoit | San Jose, CA
Calvin Stanton | Johnson, VT
Kelsey Kasik | Milwaukee, WI
Caitlin Kline | Boulder, CO
Steve Peterson | Decorah, IA
Children deserve to learn the truth. It is my (our) responsibility to teach the truth.
Kate Reidel | Cincinnati, OH
Maria Porcello | Newton Center, MA
Melissa Rivera | Saint Petersburg, FL
Marie Kueny | Kenosha, WI
Melanie Miller | Columbus, OH
Students need critical thinking and media literacy skills. If schools can begin to teach students how to think rather than what to think this will empower them to be life long learners.
kourtney ginn | Washington, DC
Barbara Grant | Austin, TX
Stephen C | Washington, DC
Karen Trombley | Norwich Town of, VT
Pam Sippel | Parker, CO
Lisa DiIorio | Kents Hill, ME
Melissa Bennett Lafond | Chicopee, MA
Jennifer Monsalve | Fairfax, VA
Rachel N de Molina | Arlington, MA
Tania Dominguez | Sugar Land, TX
Maxime Groen | Ann Arbor, MI
Selected Pledges
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As an educator who is serious about teaching the truth I will not be bullied into silence. I will do my part in the fight for equity and equality by making sure my students are most equipped to fight this ugliness in the real world.
Yes, the truth of American history needs to be taught, but also its impact on the rest of the world, such as its role in WWII. I just finished teaching a college-level course on the Holocaust, and could not believe how little the students knew about the rest of the world’s participation in the war! They seemed to believe that WWII was ended by the US alone!
“When you begin to do things that raise the achievement of the poorest and disenfranchised students, you may not always get applause. You need to be ready for that.” Dr. Asa Hilliard
“Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.”
Dr. Derrick Bell
Our young people deserve the truth and it is our kuleana (responsibility) to give space and opportunity for the truth and the difficult conversations.
If we don’t teach it all, we teach nothing…
Social justice is a major theme of my Humanities 7 course, and my school uses Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s HILL framework (development of identity, skills, knowledge, Criticality) to frame our entire curriculum. Student agency through research work and essay writing, and action-oriented civic engagement work, define what we “cover” in my course.