Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Debbie Hoggard | San Antonio, TX
As an educator, it is my responsibility to teach truth, authenticity, and inclusion in our curriculum, so as to better teach to the realities of ALL my students.
Misty Youngblood | Camas, WA
Every child deserves an education that is truthful. We must tell the stories of the past so that we do not repeat it.
Kenechukwu Eneli | Belton, TX
The truth sets you free is said, then why hide the truth or stop the truth from being told/taught.
Daniel Cox | Los Alamos, NM
Censorship of teachers and educators inhibits learning
Carolyn Sanders | San Diego, CA
Young people have the right to learn about actual his/herstory - not what legislators want them to learn.
Roberto German | Austin, TX
I support programs and curriculum that dismantle White supremacy and teach the history or the various people groups in this country.
Irene Sanchez | Azusa, CA
The truth should be taught. Our history is U.S. history.
Shannon Howard | San Diego, CA
The truth matters and is the only catalyst for true change!
Avis Judd | Tucson, AZ
"Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues."We cannot do justice to our students by omitting the reality of the world in which they live. Our students are not ignorant of the racism, sexism, and homophobia which impact their lives. In many cases they are more knowledgeable about these injustices then their teachers. When we fail to acknowledge or address these issues we lose the trust of our students. Without that trust they won't hear anything else we teach them. We cannot segregate curriculum from reality. Truthfulness!
Yvonne Kunz , WA
my students deserve to see their truths reflected in curriculum.
Jennifer Mullet | Tucson, AZ
Everyone deserves the truth so they can make their own choices for the future.
Robert Rivera-Amezola | Philadelphia, PA
Catherine Livingston | Albany, NY
Kim Zembsch | Moraga, CA
Efforts to hide the truth in order to protect feelings leaves everyone ignorant.
Yvonne Benn | New York, NY
Whitney Kahn | Seattle, WA
Audrey Brinkers | Chicago, IL
My students deserve to feel empowered by learning the truth.
Anissa Weinraub | Philadelphia, PA
Marta Repollet | Portland, OR
Students have a right to learn the truth of our past in order to better shape their future.
Miriam Oppenheimer | philadelphia, PA
I can't wait to get started
Sarah Harris | Fresh Meadows, NY
All students must learn all history. Espicially history that show intersectionality.
Georgina Paredes | Copenhagen, NY
Jonathan Satlow | Philadelphia, PA
Jonathan Goulet | Philadelphia, PA
As an educator, it is my role to help teach my students the true history of our country and the current inequities.
John Nimmo | Portland, OR
Teachers have an ethical responsibility to share the truth with young children and to support them in making sense of the society around them. Children have a deep sense of fairness and want to be change makers.
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.