Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Sarah Konowitz | Brooklyn, NY
Truth hurts but lies kill, and if we don’t teach it, who will???
Katherine Goodell | Arnold, MD
History is truth, without the true historical facts, it is not history. It is a myth.
Tamar MacKay | Lake City, FL
This would be a travesty for all students and we want to promote the values of equity, support, and truth telling in ways that are developmentally appropriate
Mandy Lowman | Pasadena, MD
Erica Tully | Chicago, IL
Students and the future of America deserve to know the truth of our past history, so that we can remove any danger of history repeating itself.
Antoinette Bailey | Long Beach, CA
Alicia Paniagua , CA
I believe our children deserve a great education.
Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer | Brookline, MA
Because it is important that all voices are heard to know the whole truth.
Rivanna Jihan | Chicago, IL
Teaching truth isn't always comfortable or pretty. Teaching lies is a disservice to our students and communities, and does nothing to forward equity and freedom in our world.
Gail Livings | Santa Monica, CA
I am determined to teach truth to power and make sure my students will find themselves in my courses.
Tricia Colsant | Wood Dale, IL
I am an educator who will not be bullied into teaching propaganda
Sarah-Bess Dworin | Evanston, IL
Laura Farley | San Francisco, CA
Laila Smith | Cleveland, OH
I am an employee inside of an school within a large inner city.
Lisa Gissendaner | Canton, OH
I want all students across this country to know nothing but the TRUTH about ALL of U.S. History. It is our responsibility as educators to teach the nothing but the truth !
Farin Houk | Seattle, WA
Our children deserve the truth!
Spencer Koelle | Philadelphia, PA
Censorship is bad.
Niambi Jackson | Minneapolis, MN
Maria Castillo Pierce | Chicago, IL
My students and their families deserve to know the Truth--only the Truth.
J. Cyriac Mathew | Chicago, IL
Without accurate knowledge of our past and present , it is impossible to change the future.
Karin Konz | Chicago, IL
My students deserve the truth
Joshua Zepeda | Chicago, IL
Children and their experiences needs to be reflected in their curriculum.
Jennifer Kautz | Chicago, IL
Julia Monette | Chicago, IL
I pledge to teach my students truth: though topics related to race, class, and gender can be challenging, students are deserving of an education that includes a clear view of BIPOC history and experiences.
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.