Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Michele Levin | Los Angeles, CA
Maria Cole | North Palm Beach, FL
Zach Wyner | El Cerrito, CA
Samuel Cohen | Columbia, MO
Lionel Beasley | Burlington, VT
Truth matters.
Matt Meister | Akron, OH
Every year I teach about John Scopes. Those who refused to learn history are repeating it right now.
Kimberly Leyden | Concord, CA
I believe it is very important to teach students the truth. They need to be taught what actually happened and how to think critically.
Sharon Kowski
History has belonged to the victors: the powerful who always—just like now—try to establish a monolithic and static narrative. It is only through fierce examination, a commitment to nuance and untold stories, that truth evolves more clearly to tell a more complete, & indeed honest reality.
Danny Baza Blas | San Diego, CA
I will not stand to be intimidated to do my profession.
Mari Errico | Philadelphia, PA
Christine Chisholm | Philadelphia, PA
It’s my professional duty to prepare students to be responsible and active members of our democracy.
Michelle Wing | Barker, NY
I refuse to lie to my students and to send them into the world ignorant of the history and structures that dictate society.
Victoria Bellard | Ridgely, MD
Truth be told
Amy Lindahl | Portland, OR
There is no better future without learning the truth of our past and present.
Nick Vassolo | Streamwood, IL
We need to learn history from as many voices as we can.
Geoffrey Guiney | Chicago, IL
William Farrand | Bloomfield Twp, MI
If we don't teach the truth, we can't learn from our mistakes.
Tim Whelan | Philadelphia, PA
I believe in the real true history. I believe in Critical Race Theory!
Scott Newman | Long Beach, CA
It is important for students to learn the truth about our countries origins and the past events that have led to current conditions
Tova Moore | Concord, CA
Meredith Walker | Manchester, NH
Truth is important. All cultures and perspectives need to be represented and people need to know all parts of history not the just good parts.
Faris Carter | Philadelphia, PA
Our students deserve the truth and the ability to think critically.
Cathryn Chudy | Vancouver, WA
Children deserve to know the truth and will not trust adults who deceive them by restricting their access to the truth.
Maye Bryant | Saint Louis, MO
eva okeeffe | Hempstead Town of, NY
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.