A teacher in Oklahoma has resigned from her job after providing her students with ways to access banned books from the school and public libraries. One parent had complained to the school. Which the school then placed her on administrative leave and summoned her to a meeting with the schools administrators which led to her resignation.
The teacher felt that she could not do her job with the new state law. The state education secretary demanded that her teaching credentials needed to be revoked because she didn’t have Oklahoma values even though she did not break any specific rules.
This is news because teachers do not typically get backlash for sharing information to their students to get access to books. Unfortunately this is starting to be a trend throughout some countries.
Teachers, Parents, Students, and anyone else who is involved with the education system should be aware of this because it is also preventing your first amendment right. The audience should also know that there are plenty of ways to access banned books that way nothing is being blocked for their educational purposes.