When They Keep Showing Us Who They Really Are, It’s Time We Believe Them
“Even if we suspend our disbelief and presume that CPAN’s intentions are to support public education and uplift teachers, the rhetoric from their featured speakers at the event and the organizations they recognized with “Champion Awards,” demonstrate that CPAN is anything but a public education supporter.“
Misinformation Mayhem: Satanic Panic 2.0
“Now here we are in 2022, and instead of satanic cults lying in wait in every small town in America, it’s teachers wanting to “groom” your children lurking in every classroom in the country. It’s all too familiar, isn’t it?”
Separating Fact from Fiction in DCSD’s Educational Equity Policy
“This Resolution and directive to review the equity policy is the result of targeted misinformation and moral panic campaigns.”
What Does it Mean to “Dismantle” Public Education? Intentional Misinformation and Moral Panic Campaigns
“The intent of gaslighting with this coded language is to make individuals feel that talking about actual discrimination and oppression is somehow “wrong” and creates a “victim mentality” among those experiencing actual oppression.”
What Does it Mean to “Dismantle” Public Education? Casting Educators and Teachers’ Unions as the Bad Guys
“By lowering the standards for teacher qualifications, two messages are loud and clear – first, teachers are not professionals; and second, lowering the quality of public education is acceptable.”
Community Conversation - It’s a Scary Time for LBGTQ Kids – and Their Parents Too
“Ignorant, misinformed people imbued with a sense of righteousness are dangerous and unpredictable.”
Trickle-Down Extremism
“This is real, this is happening, and it has infiltrated our community and our school district.”
Is the Educational Gag Order and Book Ban Brigade Coming to DCSD?
“While we want to dismiss the actions of some community members and groups as innocuous, we need to recognize the impact of these statements: real danger is being created for our students and our community.”
Book Banning and Educational Gag Orders
“While book bans in the United States may seem new, this is actually a century-old trend in our public schools. These “educational gag orders,” which are government limits put on topics of teaching and learning, have been seen in various iterations.”