NEA Guide for Racial Justice in Education

By Alan Singer

In a June 2021 USA Today op-ed, Becky Pringle, a middle school science teacher and president of the National Education Association (NEA), condemned State legislature and Education Department efforts to restrict teaching about race and racism in American classrooms as “dangerous attempts to stoke fears and rewrite history.” Pringle argued that these attempts “not only diminish the injustices experienced by generations of Americans, they prevent educators from challenging our students to achieve a more equitable future.” She called them “government overreach that interferes with teachers’ ability to do their jobs and students’ ability to learn and grow.”

Pringle and the NEA, a union representing about 3 million educators, are committed to social justice education. The teachers’ union recently published a Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide that includes material on how teachers can expressly address issues like as white supremacy, implicit bias, and the influence race has on their work. The NEA also launched Honesty in Education, a campaign that champions “truthful and age-appropriate accountings of unpleasant aspects of American history.

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Source: Daily Kos