⟳ Репост от Jess Calarco
you'll be unsurprised to hear it does not work in reverse! we actually did try to weaponize "parents have some concerns" for good instead of evil back when I was working with Portland Catholic schools opposing the archbishop's transphobic new student policies, and they couldn't even get a meeting 💀
Jess CalarcoSo, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?