NH teachers push back against efforts to regulate instruction
“Questioning my loyalty is demeaning,” said Jennifer Given, a history teacher in the state.
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“Questioning my loyalty is demeaning,” said Jennifer Given, a history teacher in the state.
One bill would test public school teachers’ loyalty to the United States. Another would let parents opt their children out of lessons they found objectionable.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Cold War-era law targeting “teachers’ loyalty” would be updated with today’s hot button issues under a bill heard by a House committee Thursday. A 1949 law prohibits teachers from advocating communism, but Republican Rep.
Skepticism and distrust of public schools, and the purported indoctrination of students by teachers, animated debate before a New Hampshire House Committee Thursday.
A law targeting “teachers’ loyalty” would be updated with today’s hot button issues under a new bill. Learn more at Boston.com