Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Christy Arenson | Yakima, WA
I want students to be critical thinkers, to learn the facts of our history and understand other people’s perspectives. Please do not limit our children’s understanding.
June E Caraway | Murphysboro, IL
I don’t want children taught untruths. Plain and simple.
Jill Walters | Columbia, MO
Our children should be learning the entirety of our country’s history, so that future generations can learn from our past.
Faith McAuliffe | Natick, MA
I don’t want my students to have to wait until college to face hard history the way I did. Especially because the sooner my eyes were opened, the sooner I became dedicated to making a difference. I know my students can make a huge difference, so why wait?
Nancy Yang | St Paul, MN
Our children and people should know the truth and learned from it to make the world a better place to live for all.
Diana McPherson | Richland, WA
Students need to know the real history of our country so it’s not repeated.
Arthur Almquist | Tucson, AZ
My students are smart. They can handle the truth, and can see through the agenda of these laws and those who push them.
Cory Gann | Seattle, WA
My students are smart and will pursue the truth. My job should be to cultivate that pursuit, not thwart it.
Courtney Meisberger | Pittsfield, MA
I think that our students need to get a balanced view of history, including the voices of those who have traditionally been marginalized. We are a wonderful country, and our students need to know the truth.
Michelle Abel | Inglewood, CA
Tim Sweeney | Overland Park, KS
The underestimated, underserved, underrepresented need to know the truth about our nation's history. And be given the same educational advantages as the best schools and school districts offer in all programs, classes, educational supports, etc.They need to see the unsung heroes in their own culture's and people's histories.
Bryan Dailey | Delmar, NY
“The truth will set us free”
Paige Madison | Atlanta, GA
Jessica Goodrich | Richland, WA
I did not understand from school how the history of our nation helped form the racial and other injustices that exist today. I did not even see many injustices. I want my children's education to be more complete than my own. I want them to understand how we got here so that as we enter the future, we can be educated voters who promote a more equitable society.
Ken Roberts | Baltimore, MD
This isn’t ok … also the black or African American hate bill needs to be passed rather then this foolishness.
Shilo Diaz | Duluth, GA
Sara Peik | Minneapolis, MN
We need the truth to bring us into an understanding of each other and most importantly ourselves.
Mikell Harshbarger | Eugene, OR
I became a teacher out of a desire to help make my community, this country, and our world a better place. Learning about the things we have done well as well as the things we have done that were horrible are both important.
Tracy Steege | London, GB
in order to move forward and realize the true promise of our democracy, we must face our painful past that has created such damaging inequity. I want my students to question, to wonder and to be empowered to make a difference in our world. Only the truth will make that possible.
Ross Phillips | Hampton, NH
Andrew Ward | Minneapolis, MN
This should not be political and history is meant to be learned from not changed
David Marcovitz
I support anti-racist education and teach my students in the Loyola University Maryland School of Education to use important lenses, such as Critical Race Theory, to examine the impact of racism on our society.
MICHELLE RHOTON CA
IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A TEACHER, PARENT, AND CITIZEN OF THE WORLD TO KNOW AND TEACH THE TRUTH WHICH IS HARD HISTORY, AND TO ENSURE THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IT AND ARE CONTINUING TO LIVE IN IT ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED. WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING CHANGES AND THAT STARTS WITH TELLING THE TRUTH. WE NEED TO SHARE THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SILENCED PURPOSEFULLY AND MAKE SURE THE NEXT GENERATIONS FEEL THESE STORIES, AND WORK TOWARDS BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE.
Dylan Harvey | Jacksonville, AL
I believe in the freedom to teach what is true.
Amanda Nasser | North Andover, MA
I know my students will benefit from learning the truth. It must be told.
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.