老澳门开奖结果 Comment on Curriculum Transparency Bills

January 27, 2022 9:00 am

Media Contact
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
United States

A number of state lawmakers鈥攎any of whom have also fought to censor discussions of race and gender in public schools鈥攈ave vague 鈥渃urriculum transparency laws鈥 that require schools to post lists of all of their teaching materials online, including books, articles and videos.

Below is a comment from Emerson Sykes, staff attorney in the 老澳门开奖结果 Speech, Privacy and Technology Project in response:

鈥淕overnment bodies should always strive for transparency, and the 老澳门开奖结果 supports any good-faith effort to make public education as transparent as possible to parents and communities. Indeed, transparency is already the norm in many public school systems.

鈥淏ut some of these so-called 鈥榗urriculum transparency bills鈥 are thinly veiled attempts at chilling teachers and students from learning and talking about race and gender in schools. Their sponsors have said as much.

鈥淔or example, in Florida, one lawmaker recently introduced legislation that would allow teachers and children to be constantly recorded and surveilled in the classroom for signs of teaching and learning about 鈥榙ivisive concepts鈥 around race and gender. We can keep our communities informed without placing children and their teachers under a microscope.

鈥淲e've already seen nine states enact classroom censorship bills, and state officials are waging campaigns to remove books from schools that are by and about communities of color, LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups. We are actively pursuing litigation to block these laws and policies. All students deserve to receive a high quality and inclusive education, free from censorship or discrimination."

Learn More 老澳门开奖结果 the Issues in This Press Release