Let your voices be heard that freedom to learn is a fundamental right – cleveland.com

Most Americans believe that school should be a place where children from different places and races learn from the past, make sense of the present and prepare for the future. Though educators try hard to provide our children with accurate and honest education, some politicians are trying to turn us against schools so they can censor whats taught in our classrooms and write certain groups out of our history books. Their book-banning requests focus on works with racial, gender, or LGBTQ-related themes, many of them revered classics and historical works. These are real efforts to block teaching about the contributions of groups that have been historically marginalized and about the legacy of racism that our countrys heroes have striven, and continue to strive, to overcome.

The freedom to learn is a fundamental right. Our children deserve the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to reckon with our past, shape a better future, and pursue their dreams.

By speaking up at school boards and contacting our elected leaders and urging them to do everything in their power to stop this anti-learning wave, we can protect the freedom to learn and ensure every child receives the quality education they deserve.

Todd Schneider,

Cuyahoga Falls

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Let your voices be heard that freedom to learn is a fundamental right - cleveland.com