Oklahoma teacher suspended after promoting Brooklyn Public Library's anti-censorship campaign

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A high school English teacher from Oklahoma says she was placed on leave after providing her students with information about a program that grants access to the Brooklyn Public Library’s digital collection at no charge.

When Summer Boismier's 10th graders arrived for their first day of school, they were greeted by red paper signs announcing the “books the state doesn’t want you to read,” along with a QR code for the Brooklyn Public Library sign-up page.When Summer Boismier's 10th graders arrived for their first day of school, they were greeted by red paper signs announcing the “books the state doesn’t want you to read,” along with a QR code for the Brooklyn Public Library sign-up page.

When her 10th graders arrived for their first day on Friday, they were greeted by red paper signs announcing the “books the state doesn’t want you to read,” accompanied by a QR code for the Brooklyn Public Library sign-up page. Wes Moody, a spokesperson for the school district, confirmed the investigation into Boismier, which he said was sparked by a parent complaint. He said the new state law pushed the district to put “renewed emphasis on ensuring our teachers and staff have reviewed their classroom resources to ensure all materials are age and content appropriate.”

 

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How fascists operate

Groomer.

Good. One less groomer pushing their agenda on kids.

Jesus Christ man wtf

Why not? We live in upside down world

Sick

These are high school students. Many of them are old enough to watch rated-R movies and consent to sex and marriage. Some can even vote. They can handle a few books.

I had hoped the world had moved beyond book burning. Apparently not.

BernBoomer

LaneyHawes I love how liberals reply with memes and idiotic phrases instead of concrete conversations

They don’t even put this much emphasis into parents who complain about bulling and student harassment. They jumped on this issue really quick tho… 🤦🏾‍♂️ telling

SiSi1028 I hope teachers starts quitting in large waves

It would be nice if the media would describe this as FASCISM and not pretend like this is just another political issue. This is extreme, this is Christian Nationalism, this is White Supremacy and denial of rights to “others”…this is FASCISM and should be described as such.

Nothing new in Howdy Arabia

Learning from history is one thing....repeating the same mistake over & over is insanity.

I’d call it strange that people who are SO melodramatic about “protecting” freedom of speech are censoring to this degree, but hypocrisy isn’t actually strange for them, it’s completely on brand.

MollyJones99 'Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.' ~Benjamin Franklin * * * 'The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.' ~Benjamin Franklin

Great - not like there's a lack of teachers these days. Gee I wonder why that is. 'teacher shortage' my bare ass. Lack of pay and respect for decades more like. But lets keep increasing every town's police budget every single year.

profgabrielle Can everyone retweet. Let’s turn this viral.

This should be a bigger story. It makes me want to scream.

its Oklahoma, the land of the stoner jesuits

CarmenRea70 😳🤬🤬🤬

… This is crazy

Vishi_Divine “You know, if we win a few elections, we’re still gonna be losing unless we win the hearts and minds of our children. This is the battle. Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.’”

God forbid students in a school setting learn something. Heavens to Murgatroyd !

Oklahomans must be snowflakes of the highest order. Afraid of books.

vladduthiersCBS Why?

Oh no, the kids might learn things!

theferocity wtf

Ridiculous

… why

WineStainedLife I don't live in a different state. I live on a different planet.

theferocity This is how it starts.

theferocity FFS

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