freedom to teach

He said the ability of institutions of higher education to “exercise their freedom to teach how they are and what they are” has helped to create “American exceptionalism.”

When professors at UT-Austin publicly reaffirmed their academic freedom to teach critical race theory last year, Patrick pledged to ban tenure in public universities.

Some leading scholars in Black studies have signed petitions calling on the College Board to revise the course, and are planning a nationwide day of protest on May 3 around “freedom to teach and to learn.”

“It’s de-professionalizing. Teachers lose the freedom to teach in ways that meet the needs of their students.”

Yet they are granted neither, given a restrictive curriculum, unfair pay, and little freedom to teach to students’ interests.