Idaho’s Teacher of the Year is leaving the state after she was attacked by right-wing parents for discussing world cultures and for recognizing the existence of the United Nations.
Days after Lauritzen was announced the winner, conservative news outlets in the state accused her of being a “left-wing activist.” The outlets provided zero evidence that she had expressed her beliefs in the classroom — indeed, discussion of sexuality was already banned in her district at the grade level she taught. Nevertheless, the reports led parents to question Lauritzen’s teaching ability.
“When it’s, ‘My kid can’t do this because it’s propaganda,’ and ‘My kid can’t do that because we don’t believe in United Nations,’ it’s like, what? It’s not Santa Claus, what do you mean you don’t believe in it?” Lauritzen recalled.to call it quits with the district before the end of last yearLauritzen maintains that the only fault parents could find with her was that she expressed her beliefs in a forum outside of the classroom.
Willie Carver — who applied for the honor after a student joked he could never be selected because of his identity — soon found himself on the receiving end of vitriol from right-wingers in the state, who wrongly cited his sexuality as evidence that he was indoctrinating kids.was when a parent decided to constantly harass him at school board meetings
that the district seemed ambivalent toward his accomplishments and the way he had been mistreated by the community.
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