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Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad I read the article. She wasn't fired for showing the book to hers students. She was fired for showing an unapproved book (which I then assume is not in the 8th grade curriculum) to her students. Teaching outside the curriculum is generally a big no no.

The question should be, why is that book not approved? That's a rhetorical question btw.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Despite claims by school officials that the adaptation had not been approved, KFDM notes that the book “was on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year,” so the district’s suggestion that the teacher “went rogue” seems…not true at all in the, y’know, actual sense of the word. A source close to the teacher told KFDM that the school’s principal had approved a syllabus that included the book. “There is an active investigation,” Mike Canizales, a spokesperson for the Hamshire-Fannett ISD, told the outlet.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/09/texas-school-fires-teacher-over-anne-frank-graphic-novel

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. Could be some left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing stuff. I don't want to imply malicious intent when blantent incompetence is just as likely. If this book was approved, but accidentally left off the official curriculum, then the teacher should obviously get their job back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why the fuck do books need to be approved? Is that a common thing in the US?

In Canada, I've never checked a text with my principal before assigning it.

The curriculum does not list approved resources; teachers are professionals who are trained to select appropriate materials to cover the material.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Higher ups that make way more than the actual teachers some having never taught a day in their life's make decisions on what should be taught and how.

I left my education major behind cause I saw the state of how school districts in most states were being handled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, no. A core curriculum is approved for each grade. Now I don't know if it's so specific that it's broken down to every book. I would definitely like to get some more details on this particular situation. This book banning thing is getting out of hand.