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In New Hampshire, a house bill that’s been tied to the state budget aims to do the same, and is “quite simply repugnant,” says Megan Tuttle, NEA-New Hampshire President. Many of them include bans and penalties if teachers use works such as the “1619 Project” or similar material as part of their history curriculum. Similar bills have appeared in Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, and South Dakota. Instead, they’re advocating for outdated and inaccurate lessons, redlining the realities of history to justify the harms of the present.
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Like other efforts in at least 15 states across the country, New Hampshire lawmakers are pushing legislation to prevent educators from teaching about systemic racism and sexism in public schools and state-funded programs. While the board candidates lost their election, other New Hampshire legislators, the same lawmakers who have denied classrooms of resources and who have demanded sacrifices of educators, have picked up the mantel and are now stoking fears about public schools. They portrayed her award and her work with NEA’s Leaders for Just Schools as teaching divisive concepts. Otherwise, it’s just propaganda,” Crompton says.Ĭrompton even has been awarded the 2020 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical , from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, for her good teaching and commitment to ensure that students in New Hampshire have access to opportunity by recognizing how identity, race, and culture of students and teachers play out in the classroom.Īnd it’s the type of teaching that "imparts honesty about who we are, integrity in how we treat others, and courage to do what’s right," says Becky Pringle, president of the NEA.Įarlier this year, however, Crompton found herself in the center of campaign fodder from some school board candidates who used her name on their fliers and social media blitzes. “It’s called good teaching, to tell truths and have students look at a variety of perspectives and experiences-and a rich landscape of experiences.
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For more than 20 years, Misty Crompton has taught middle school social studies in Derry, N.H., and she prides herself on using a variety of well researched, scholarly documents, primary sources, and other tools to help students learn the history and experiences-whether Black or White, Latino or Asian, Native or newcomer-of those living within the United States.