Posted on Sep 2, 2022
An Oklahoma teacher gave her students access to banned books. Now she's under scrutiny
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Oklahoma's top education official wants to strip a former teacher of her credentials after she tried to give students access to books that may be banned in schools under a new state law.
In a letter he tweeted on Wednesday, Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters called on the state board of education to revoke the teaching certificate of Summer Boismier, a former teacher at Norman High School.
Days earlier, Boismier resigned her position at the school following a complaint from a parent who suggested that Boismier had made political comments in the classroom.
According to the Norman Transcript, Boismier put paper over her classroom bookshelves with the message, "Books the state doesn't want you to read," in response to HB 1775, a state law enacted in May that restricts what public school educators can say about race and gender.
Boismier also posted a QR code that directed students to the Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned project, which gives young people across the country access to books that may be outlawed in their schools.
Oklahoma's top education official wants to strip a former teacher of her credentials after she tried to give students access to books that may be banned in schools under a new state law.
In a letter he tweeted on Wednesday, Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters called on the state board of education to revoke the teaching certificate of Summer Boismier, a former teacher at Norman High School.
Days earlier, Boismier resigned her position at the school following a complaint from a parent who suggested that Boismier had made political comments in the classroom.
According to the Norman Transcript, Boismier put paper over her classroom bookshelves with the message, "Books the state doesn't want you to read," in response to HB 1775, a state law enacted in May that restricts what public school educators can say about race and gender.
Boismier also posted a QR code that directed students to the Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned project, which gives young people across the country access to books that may be outlawed in their schools.
An Oklahoma teacher gave her students access to banned books. Now she's under scrutiny
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Cpl Vic Burk One of the Coolest Classes I Got to Take in High School was Cultural Anthropology, I did My Final on the Book "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" One of 5 Recommended by the Instructor. I'm Sure None of the 5 would be "Approved" by Modern "Conservatives" "Republicans".
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Since virtually everything in society can be made political today, I'd like to know what political statement got that student and parent so upset
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SP5 Dennis Loberger Until the Age of "FOX News" I Had No Idea what could be Made "Political!"
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I agree with the teacher. I mean, let's be honest....what the schools are trying to ban, those kids still have access to worse materials about those "banned" topics when they go to the movies, watch a television show.....surf the internet. Personally, let them read the damn books. All she did was use a loophole in providing a route for those kids to get the books from an outside source. All she did was show them another door. The kids still have to walk thru said door.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
MSG (Join to see) Call it Part of My Scottish Heritage, Saying "You Can't Do That" My Response is Usually "Hold My Beer!" "Watch This!"
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