NEA Addresses Supreme Court Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court has imposed burdensome new requirements on educators & public schools that will undermine their ability to provide students with an inclusive education that reflects the real-life diversity of students & identities in our nation’s public schools & communities. Becky Pringle, National Education Association President stated, “Today the U.S. Supreme Court willfully discounted & ignored the expertise of trained professionals in the classroom. This decision could have a chilling effect on students for generations to come & could lead to more educators self-censoring, shelving books & lessons & preventing some already marginalized students from being seen & acknowledged. In the end, students are the ones who pay the price for censoring what books they can & cannot access & read. Educators know that students can’t learn when they do not feel welcomed, seen or valued…The Court’s ruling is a direct attack on our democracy. Public education is founded on the core educational principle of engaging students on a broad range of ideas, allowing them to explore new perspectives & learn to think for themselves. Students deserve nothing less than to feel supported & valued on that journey, in particular our LGBTQ+ young people & families, who often feel marginalized & excluded. Censoring the books & resources students can access puts limits on their freedom to grow, learn & contribute to society. Everyone deserves to see themselves & their lived experiences in books at our schools & in our libraries. Books are like mirrors & windows. They reflect what we observe & know about the world in which we live & help us understand lives that are different from our own. The Court does students a disservice by limiting access to these opportunities.”

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