Two 'Teachers of the Year' skip White House ceremony: 'Speak up if you don’t agree with something'
Two educators honored as “Teacher of the Year” in their respective states skipped the annual White House award ceremony for their marginalized students.
In particular, Holstine mentions the U.S. Department of Education’s recent revocation of Title IX rights that allow students to use bathrooms that serve their gender expression. “I know transgender students at other school who purposefully don’t eat or drink all day long to avoid using the ‘wrong’ bathroom,” says Holstine.
Dueñas’s current students, many from inner city areas, are more fearful of white supremacy. “They know the systemic issues as young black men,” Dueñas tells Yahoo Lifestyle. Wisconsin Teacher of the Year Sarahi Monterrey went to the White House. “My dad said, ‘I want you to go and I want him to know you were proud to be born in El Salvador,’” the El Salvadorian immigrant who teaches English at Waukesha North High School, told the Star-Tribune. “So I’m in there yesterday and [Trump] gets to me and I said, ‘I’m originally from El Salvador and I’m proud to represent Wisconsin.’ You could tell from his face that he knew what I meant.
Dueñas tells Yahoo Lifestyle, “Many parents thanked me for not going. My students are still processing the world, so I’m showing them to speak up if you don’t agree with something.”
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