Would you want your child attending a school where the teachers were censored from speaking about “divisive concepts”? Who would get to define “divisive concepts?” How would teachers navigate exactly what that meant? Some teachers have just stopped speaking about certain topics; think gender and race, even civics and democracy. Others have been forced to self-censor even when talking about major literary works. Think “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
New Hampshire has enacted this law – chilling and censoring teachers,
Women Lawyers On Guard has signed onto an amicus brief in the 1st Circuit, in Local 8027 v Edelblut, drafted by the National Women’s Law Center, advocating that this law is just an attempt to purge certain views about gender and race and other important issues in our society. The cost to the students is immense.
