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[quote=Anonymous]Current elementary public-school teacher here. So many posters, along with DeSantis, are missing the point. Schools aren't teaching kids to "hate America" - we are, however, making sure that students understand the bad alongside the good. We teach about the Revolution and the Constitution as well as the Civil War, just like we learned when we were in school. I don't believe that a focus on Western civ and Western lit and the Christian-Judeo tradition only is appropriate in our country today, and that's a big part of the problem in DeSantis's plan. Exposing students to the history of the world outside of Europe helps them to better understand contemporary issues. Mini-lessons on famous mathematicians, math history, and math-based careers don't take away from teaching math - they enhance those lessons, as students build connections between topics and better understand what they can do with the math they learn.

Keep in mind that 20 or more years ago we didn't have the pervasiveness of social media and cell phones recording everywhere, so today's students are growing up with more conflicting and confusing information than we did. It would be negligent for schools not to adapt to that reality and to ignore the need to help them navigate it.

The vast majority of schools out there are using equity as a push to improve learning and successful outcomes for every student, not to 'dumb down' or ignore achievements of our brightest. The problem is that the ill-conceived or misunderstood initiatives out there make the news. Believe me, those ideas frustrate even liberal teachers and are almost always created by some clueless administrator who can't grasp cause-and-effect.

The bottom line for many of us is that we want all students to feel comfortable and confident, regardless of skin color, religion, languages spoken at home, or sexual orientation. BUT we also want these future employers and leaders to be able to look past the skin color, religion, languages, sexual orientation, etc. of others so that they don't make unfair judgements. Stifling their ability to do this because it makes their parents uncomfortable is wrong. [/quote]

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