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The Pensacola News-Journal reports:
An Escambia County public school teacher resigned this week over what he characterized as racist behavior by a school district employee.
The teacher, Michael James, emailed a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith in which he wrote that a district employee removed pictures of historic Black American heroes from his classroom walls, citing the images as being “age inappropriate.”
Images that were removed from the bulletin board at O.J. Semmes Elementary School included depictions of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriett Tubman, Colin Powell and George Washington Carver, James said.
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The teacher was told to remove images of notable Black American leaders, like former President Obama, from his classroom because they were deemed “age-inappropriate”.
This is what’s fueling Florida’s teacher shortage.https://t.co/aDXgcL0vHy
— Florida House Democrats (@FLHouseDems) August 10, 2022
Welcome to the “free” state of Florida, where displaying images of historic Black American heroes is somehow “age inappropriate.”
And folks wonder why we have a teacher shortage?! https://t.co/GJuGsVnMmF
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani ? (@AnnaForFlorida) August 10, 2022
Making it more difficult for smart and committed teachers to do their job well is a tactic, as poorly educated, misinformed people are easier to control with bullshithttps://t.co/J65e4d9ujb
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 10, 2022
We had a Roundtable with teachers who recently left the classroom. ALL of them expressed that their #1 reason for leaving the classroom is because of the fear/stress of this attempted “new normal” for teachers & education in Florida.
— Shevrin “Shev” Jones (@ShevrinJones) August 10, 2022