Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
MaryAnn Harris | Cleveland, OH
Truth makes a Difference! It works 24 hours everyday. Truth is Free!Thanks,MaryAnn Harris
Jonathan Biatch | Madison, WI
We need to offer the truth about our past, so that we can prepare for a future of reconciliation and justice.
Cheney Harper | Groton, MA
I have a responsibility to advocate for my students. My students are culturally and linguistically diverse. We have a responsibility as teachers to help students develop their critical thinking skills. Teaching hard truths about our history is one of those responsibilities.
Shari Exo | Forest Grove, OR
Truth may hurt but it helps us not to repeat the wrongs of the past.
Tracey Hughes | Kansas City, MO
...I've spent way too many years of my life learning, then repeating, inaccuracies about this nation's history, while simultaneously living under many of the negative effects of those inaccuracies. It's not enough to say that this is a nation that values diversity & equality if we're not willing to *do the work* to help foster that diversity & equality...and that includes learning & teaching the ACTUAL truth and nuances about this nation, not the redacted or revised narratives that keeps everyone misled.
Heather Mulford-Roy | Carmichael, CA
I am signing my name because it is the right thing to do. America will never heal and realize it’s true potential until we admit and rectify the sins of our past. My children and my students are counting on us to do the right thing.
Hasna Muhammad | Southeast Town of, NY
I am committed to education and to the truth.
Kerith Asma | Chicago, IL
Linda M Peete | Chicago, IL
It’s past time to tell the stories and history of people of color in the United States.
Leslie Blatteau | Greenwich, CT
American exceptionalism and white supremacy can and must be questioned in our classrooms.
Alicia Eberhard | Conway, AR
Compassion and teaching that aligns with modern day society and the truth about history from a multitude of perspectives.
Maria Romero | Bakersfield, CA
Janet Wald | Aptos, CA
I teach kindergarten and 1st grade. I believe children need to learn about social justice from a young age.
Nicholas Limbeck | Chicago, IL
John Hedlund | Raleigh, NC
Marshata Caradine | St. Louis, MO, MO
I am unable to detach myself as a Black woman and mother to being a Black educator. It is our reality. It is a vicious, known, clear, intentional and legislated history. It is indeed imperative that we teach our chidren the truth so that they can be the change we all need.
nathan perez | Minneapolis, MN
I believe these actions to limit teachers' abilities to teach honest and accurate history will only continue historical/current inequities in society as well as raise generations of disconnected and disaffected citizens.
Cecelia Stewart | Austin, TX
Wallis Goodman | Austin, TX
"It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit.It’s the past we step into and how we repair it."--Amanda Gorman
Charles Shannon | Orinda, CA
Teachers have a constitutional right to teach people’s history.
Ruth Ticktin | Washington, DC
Jane Vranicar-Lewis | Benicia, CA
ALL students deserve to know the real history of our country - and ALL students will benefit from a Truth-telling curriculum. By knowing the history as it really was we will be less likely to repeat the tragedies of the past.
Laci Bostick | Kansas City, MO
Eleanor Grewal | New York, NY
Allisyn Swift | New Orleans, LA
I want children to know the full history of the United States. This is the only way that we may have a chance at some sort of healing and be able to move forward without making the same historical mistakes
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.