When They Keep Showing Us Who They Really Are, It’s Time We Believe Them
“Even if we suspend our disbelief and presume that CPAN’s intentions are to support public education and uplift teachers, the rhetoric from their featured speakers at the event and the organizations they recognized with “Champion Awards,” demonstrate that CPAN is anything but a public education supporter.“
When Politics Enter the School Board
“This ricocheting of policies is destabilizing to the entire public education system. Superintendents are changed, district “directions” are altered, and teachers and parents are tensely awaiting the next fluctuation in angst. This is no way to function as a large system.”
Misinformation Mayhem: Satanic Panic 2.0
“Now here we are in 2022, and instead of satanic cults lying in wait in every small town in America, it’s teachers wanting to “groom” your children lurking in every classroom in the country. It’s all too familiar, isn’t it?”
What Does it Mean to “Dismantle” Public Education? Intentional Misinformation and Moral Panic Campaigns
“The intent of gaslighting with this coded language is to make individuals feel that talking about actual discrimination and oppression is somehow “wrong” and creates a “victim mentality” among those experiencing actual oppression.”
What Does it Mean to “Dismantle” Public Education? Casting Educators and Teachers’ Unions as the Bad Guys
“By lowering the standards for teacher qualifications, two messages are loud and clear – first, teachers are not professionals; and second, lowering the quality of public education is acceptable.”
Why DCSD Parents are Gravely Concerned
“To some, these fears may seem like an overreaction to a national tragedy; however, this fear is based on legitimate actions and affiliations of our new DCSD BoE Directors and Superintendent.”
Collective Bargaining: “NOT a Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone”
“So in denying teachers this supposed “self-licking ice cream cone” of a collective agreement, what is the ultimate goal? The hidden agenda and ultimate goal is to destroy public education through subjugation, humiliation and denial of the rights of our hard-working teachers.”
The Misinformation Spread
“Extremism has no place in DCSD; Peterson and the entire BoE need to be more representative of our district’s values.“
The Latest Dog Whistle from School Reformers: Teachers’ Unions
“Unfortunately, distorted stereotypes of the corrupt union boss, the distrust of any collective speaking out against the powers-that-be as being anti-American and socialist and other similar tropes are appropriated and distorted by those who refuse to recognize just how hard teachers work for them and the welfare of their children.”
24 Hours in DCSD: This is NOT Normal
“DCSD deserves better than Directors who will create a problem and then attempt to make themselves the hero. We see you. We know what you’re doing.”