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Texas guts ‘woke civics’. Now kids can't engage in a key democratic process
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/m…

>Many states have restricted how schools can teach race and gender, but only Texas has banned student interaction with elected officials

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Tucked into page 8 is a stipulation outlawing all assignments involving “direct communication” between students and their federal, state or local officials – short-circuiting the training young Texans receive to participate in democracy itself. Zamora-Garcia’s 2017 project to add student advisers to the city council, and others like it involving research and meetings with elected representatives, would stand in direct violation. Since 2021, 18 states have passed laws restricting teachings on race and gender. But Texas is the only one nationwide to suppress students’ interactions with elected officials in class projects, according to researchers at the free expression advocacy group Pen America.

Texas guts ‘woke civics’. Now kids can’t engage in a key democratic process

Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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