Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Liane Hicks | Wayland, MA
Christa Marlowe | Milwaukee, WI
My scholars deserve the truth!
Emily Jang | Fairport, NY
I'm tired of the decades long silencing of the minority voice. I'm tired of the very same people who benefit from our labor, who consume our culture, who eat our "authentic food" while at the same time trying to erase our history, deny our struggles, and silence our voices. Enough.
Maki Scott | Haines City, FL
Teaching lies shouldn't be tolerated in education.
Ashley Gourley | Brentwood, CA
Annie Jackson | Chicago, IL
Black Student’s Lives Matter
Elena Brown | La Puente, CA
Duncan McGinnis | Richards, TX
Kids deserve to know the truth. There is simply no way to understand history of you don't know the whole story.
Jamie Holifield | Milwaukee, WI
I have the courage to teach the hard truth and not lie to students about the history of our country and its implications on society today.
Harmony Gerlach | Newton, KS
History doesn’t belong to just one group of people and it’s incredibly important to try and tell every group’s story.
Alissa Campbell | Dekalb, IL
Students are the future and therefore deserve to learn the truth about the past to inform their thoughts about the present. Equipped with truth they can better lead us towards liberty for all.
Karl Gardner | Portland, OR
I believe in teaching history.I believe in listening to people's storiesI believe in the lived experiences of those who experience a life different than my own.I believe truth matters.I believe in teaching empathy.I believe you cannot teach empathy while denying the lives of those you teach.I believe that denying history, statistics, studies, and the lives of those impacted by inherent racist structures is to be teaching hate and indifference.And I believe in teaching love.So listen.
Dana LoVecchio | Santa Clara, CA
My students are entitled to the truth
Shirletta Kinchen | Louisville, KY
I do not support the erasure of historical truths
Laura Smith | Staten Island, NY
Denise Tarr | South Gate, CA
you can’t learn from your past if you don’t know what it is. If you don’t learn from your past then you will end up repeating it. My students believe in creating a more just world for all citizens of the planet. I will stand by them and help to make that happen.
Dianna Rogers Wells | West Townshend, VT
Im a Wisconsin teacher who believes in teaching history from the silent and marginalized point of view. This bill would impact so many of my students who need to be heard.
Jennifer Schley-Johnson | Beverly, MA
Our children deserve to learn and be empowered by the truth for a more just and thriving future.
Deb Godner | Albany, CA
Jennifer Perez | Harrison, NJ
It’ll be a disservice for our youth to not learn the truth about the US.
Zach Stille | Seattle, WA
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Maria Wilson | Phoenixville, PA
Sophia Underwood | Santa Rita, GU, GU
I believe in giving my students the opportunity to develop historical perspective with truth and critical analysis of the past.
D. Hunter | Decatur, GA
I believe that if we do not teach our children the truth; we are failing them about the facts of history and how to become leaders for the future.
Diane Welchhans | Lawrence, KS
“From police violence, to the prison system, to the wealth gap, to maternal mortality rates, to housing, to education and beyond, the major institutions and systems of our country are deeply infected with anti-Blackness and its intersection with other forms of oppression. To not acknowledge this and help students understand the roots of U.S. racism is to deceive them — not educate them.”
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.