Musings of a New Mexico Teacher
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Insights from a public school teacher in New Mexico, USA
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From the Albuquerque Teachers Federation regarding the new “parents’ rights bill”
Albuquerque Teachers Federation is thrilled with the NM midterms. It’s amazing to me that we let these clearly partisan “nonpartisan” unions represent public sector employees. I’m not a member, but they represent me by default.
I’m surprised this is considered news. This is standard procedure in America’s schools.
Forwarded from Sarah Smith
TEACHER TRAINING IN TRANS CULTURAL FLUENCY TRAINING 🧐🧐🧐: Albuquerque Public Schools paid $50 to teachers who attended.

The class was ostensibly aimed at helping teachers support trans students. However, the class included many UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS AND IDEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK including:
• Sexual organs are irrelevant to a person's gender.
• A boy who plays with dolls is not actually a boy but is non-binary instead. A girl who wants to play football is not actually a girl but is non-binary instead.
• Addressing trans students by the name and pronouns they were assigned at birth is disrespectful, and teachers were advised to model language and behavior.
• Society is to blame for the mental health problems and suicides of trans students.
• Using puberty blockers just pauses puberty while the child decides which puberty to go through.

Full presentation slides:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fmY3NVM96nUATByStWEGgc_KJTbrgAwb/view


Video from the class 👇👇👇: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5HUzKzzzI
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Equitable grading is a hot topic now. This training is from Albuquerque Public Schools.
Teaching in 2022
“The Public Education Department announced this week that students on track to graduate in 2024 won’t have to pass tests that have gauged whether they’re eligible to move on from high school.”

https://www.krqe.com/news/education/new-mexico-relaxing-high-school-standardized-test-scores/amp/