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The episode discusses the Romeo Community School District's restrictive classroom poster policy and its implications for identity and expression in education.

This Week: The Romeo Community School District in Michigan has issued educators a list of 32 phrases that are pre approved for us on classroom posters. The phrases are, perhaps excruciatingly, unoffensive. Classics like: be yourself, you belong here, you matter, and lift others up, make the list. But, not coincidentally, absent from the list are any phrases making note of any identity markers, or that have become synonymous with movements for LGBTQ visibility in schools. The district claims this policy, which would require teachers to go through 4 layers of committee and district approval before using other language on posters, is about consistency across classrooms and ensuring “political” content doesn’t take away from the approved curriculum. Parents and teachers know better. Also, new data shows there has been a massive drop in perceptions of confidence in American colleges and universities . What does this data mean? Where is it coming from? And where do we go from here? Manuel and Jeff discuss! All of the Above was named #30 on the Best 100 Education Podcasts in the US by MillionPodcasts.com. Check us out, like, subscribe, and drop a rating :) MAXIMUM WOKENESS ALERT -- get…

People in this episode

Hosts: Manuel, Jeff

Topics covered

• classroom policies
• LGBTQ visibility
• education
• teacher autonomy
• college confidence

Keywords

• classroom posters
• Michigan schools
• LGBTQ
• education policy
• teacher approval

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Romeo Community School District

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