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Reprimand a fourth grade teacher who had kept an anti-racism book in her class library, and one day after school administrators emailed teachers directing them to close their classroom libraries, quote, until they can be vetted. now a secret audio recording of the meeting taken by one staff member has been obtained by nbc news. take a listen to some of the shocking guidance from executive director for curriculum and instruction, gina peddy. >> we are in the middle of a political mess, and you ar...

Im ali velshi. we have new developments in the deadly january 6th cap the toll capitol attack. a police officer has been arrested for encouraging a suspected insurrectionist to hide evidence. a grand jury indictment has charged michael riley with instruction of justice for repeatedly telling the man to wipe any social media posts to prove he entered the building that day. according to the indictment, in a direct message on facebook, he said im a capitol police officer who agrees with your politi...

The anti democratic insurrection is big lie pusher, at the front and center of republican parties, the party is destined to remain in this weird state of suspended animation. the presidents ratcheting up of his hold over the party, does feel like an escalation. its another shot across the bow of democracy, by someone who still has ammo in his cannon. how much amazon is a have left? is it enough to protect him against the real legal jeopardy that he could be facing as a result of his actions that...

Is a school administrator in charge of curriculum, also in charge of instruction for the district. i mean, just the fact that this was an example that shes using regarding implementation of very new controversial texas law, what does that tell you? >> it tells us that we have -- we need to be concerned about the implementation of house bill 3979 because it led to these very dangerous instructions. history cannot be rewritten. >> critics have said that this new law, whats known as house bill 3979...

Recording. take a listen to what is an unbelievable conversation in the unite of america in 2021. the woman you hear, gina, is the districts executive director of curriculum and instruction. >> we are in the middle of a political mess, and you are in the middle of a political mess, and so we just have to do the best that we can, and so were going to go and were going to do, youre going to do what you do best, and that is to teach kids. >> i think were all just really terrified. >> i think you ar...

From educators in this community, that this is not just about, you know, a disagreement who likes this book and who likes that book. this is about what kids will have access to in school, the cultures that they will get exposed to, the opportunities that they may here. people different from them that they will learn to appreciate and have respect for. and one of the teachers said that she is a public schoolteacher who doesnt get to travel the world very much and the books are how she sees the wo...

Covid-19 will need to quarantine. quarantine has affected tens of thousands of kids nationwide. in places like montgomery county, maryland, where 5,000 students have been quarantined so far this school year, it might be the solution they need to keep kids in the classroom. joining me right now is nbc news correspondent heidi przybyla. heidi, youve been following schools response to covid nationwide, i see you every week at a different school. whats been happening in maryland? >> lindsey, some pa...

Me, is d-day. tomorrow is when this bill will come to the floor of the state house and people of goodwill, legislators, will try to offer amendments that will fix a number of concerns that the people of this great state have, and you know what? we need to stop the divide in texas. we need to stop the image and perception that we are not good people. the majority of us want a democratic republic. we want to be able to teach the holocaust in its rightful way, the truth. we dont want to teach hate....

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Point, erin -- is that when we think about schools and when we think about what schools mean to students, its important to remember -- and maybe, you can remember back to your time, erin, in school -- when school was, yes, about learning. but it was also about the opportunity to develop relationships with our educators, with students, with, you know, just people in the school kmunt. community. so, one of the things that we believed in oregon thats very important is to maintain the in-person inst...