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Public School Fires Substitute Teacher for Raising Concerns Over Book Depicting Same-Sex Couples

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Lindsey Barr was fired from her substitute teaching job after expressing concern over the content of a book in the school library.   Barr is a mother of three boys. All her children attend public school in Bryan County, Georgia, about 30 miles southwest of Savannah, where she also works as a substitute teacher.   In August, Barr learned that McAllister Elementary School, where her first- and third-grade sons attend and where she sometimes works, planned to have the book “All Are Welcome” read during a “read aloud” story time in the…

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Wokeism Ended His Father’s Teaching Career. Now, This Teacher Has a Warning for Other Educators.

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It was 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night. Albert Paulsson, who teaches high school civics in New Jersey, had finished another long day in class. He sounded tired when he answered my call.  “Is this still a good time to talk?” I asked.  Paulsson assured me it was.  He wanted to share some concerns over what he sees happening in public education–concerns about students being fed one-sided, woke perspectives and narrow definitions of words such as “equity” and “diversity.”  But most of all, Paulsson, 49, wanted to tell me about…

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