A teacher removed, a play censored, and the chilling effect that followed
A high school drama teacher was removed from the classroom in Temecula Valley Unified, after a parent complained students were reading the Pulitzer-prize-winning play, “Angels in America,” about the AIDS epidemic in New York during the 1980s. It’s
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Show Notes
A high school drama teacher was removed from the classroom in Temecula Valley Unified, after a parent complained students were reading the Pulitzer-prize-winning play, “Angels in America,” about the AIDS epidemic in New York during the 1980s.
It’s the latest in a series of efforts by newly elected conservative school board members to change curriculum in the district. What happened in the months after the teacher’s removal? And how is it affecting other teachers and students?
Guests:
- Greg Bailey, Drama teacher, Temecula Valley High School
- Mallika Seshadri, Journalism resident, EdSource
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- Temecula Valley Unified reverses course and adopts state-approved social studies curriculum
- Temecula board again votes to reject textbooks, despite warnings from Newsom
- Conservatives are waging a war for control over California school boards
Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.