Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Barbara Kaufmann | Rindge, NH
We MUST know and teach our history, no matter whose getting upset. If we do not learn that we fail! Burning books, restricting books and discussions is NOT WHAT the Founders of this country EVER intended! Stop running scared and start understanding! These foolish laws and voter suppression, is by and far the most UN- AMERICAN thing that has been pulled on this country! Not what ANY soldier has fought for EVER!
xavier estacio | Carson, CA
Ron Bishop | Hockessin, DE
To lend my voice to stop this educational malpractice.
houston seals | Saranac Lake, NY
Garrett Shorr | Los Angeles, CA
Brandalyne Evans | Fontana, CA
Denise Gill | San Gabriel, CA
As a California educator, I am not worried about our legislator creating absurd laws, but stand in solidarity with my colleagues across the country.
Eric Rude | Pocatello, ID
The United States is what it is because of its history, the good AND the bad. We cannot understand how to make our country great if we don't understand who we are.
Laura Gonzalez | Santa Rosa, CA
I teach history. not Critical Race Theory, but History, the good, bad and ugly.
Justin Marr | Rockland, ME
Truth is the guiding light of freedom.
Mary Anne McGrory | Chubbuck, ID
I will not be bullied into not teaching the history of this country... The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Angela Wilcox | Saint Paul, MN
Otherwise I have no business being an educator. This is our job!
Alan Wilding | Hagerman, ID
It’s ridiculous to keep spewing lies and misinformation about CRT and how it’s being taught in schools. As a professor, I refuse to hide the truth or omit facts from my lessons.
Lizzette Barrios Gracian | Anaheim, CA
I owe my students the truth. I will never give them anything less than that.
Maayan Giffen | Spring Valley, CA
Real change can only come about with real education that does not stem from a black and white view, but, understands that life is complicated and most of life exists in the gray. We need to make sure that ALL voices are represented and empowered and the beginning of representation is education.
Heidi Earle | Portland, OR
teaching students to become critical thinkers is my job
Prentiss Dantzler | Atlanta, GA
Amanda Schlee | Lancaster, PA
Students deserve the truth.
Kat Arnold | Anchorage, AK
Lindsay Briggs | Chico, CA
I believe in teaching all sides of an issue and letting people hear critical perspectives so they can come to their own conclusions.
Justin Dickens | Anchorage, AK
Our youth are the leadership we welcome into the next generations. Ots our responsibility to speak truth to power and do better for them. "Being not racist is not enough, we must be anti-racist" Angela DavisCritical race theory allows us to analyze racism dynamics and do something stop them.
Eve Chan | Bellevue, WA
philip lensi | Plainfield, NJ
The truth is worth fighting for
Daphna Gutman | New York, NY
Kimron Thomas | Brooklyn, NY
The GOP wants a fight and they’re gonna get it.
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.