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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest [View all]
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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest
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FILE - Former Norman High School English teacher Summer Boismier holds up a T-shirt with a QR code link to the Brooklyn Public Library at the Green Feather Book Company in Norman, Okla., on Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy, File)
BY NADIA LATHAN
Updated 3:47 PM EDT, August 23, 2024
Oklahomas education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S. in 2022 when she covered part of her classroom bookshelf in red tape with the words Books the state didnt want you to read.
The decision Thursday went against a judge who had advised the Oklahoma Board of Education not to revoke the license of Summer Boismier, who had also put in her high school classroom a QR code of the Brooklyn Public Librarys catalogue of banned books.
An attorney for Boismier, who now works at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, told reporters after the board meeting that they would seek to overturn the decision. I will not apologize for sharing publicly available information about library access with my students, the former teacher posted on X. My livelihood will never be as important as someones life or right to read what they want.
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Boismier, a fervent reader with a passion for fantasy novels, had been teaching English for nine years when she was involuntarily thrust into the center of Walters campaign for statewide office in August 2022. She received threats on social media and was accused of being part of a broader movement led by teachers to influence childrens political beliefs. Boismier resigned soon after.
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Lathan is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
NADIA LATHAN
Lathan is a statehouse reporter based in Austin, Texas. She is a Report for America corps member.
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest
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FILE - Former Norman High School English teacher Summer Boismier holds up a T-shirt with a QR code link to the Brooklyn Public Library at the Green Feather Book Company in Norman, Okla., on Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy, File)
BY NADIA LATHAN
Updated 3:47 PM EDT, August 23, 2024
Oklahomas education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S. in 2022 when she covered part of her classroom bookshelf in red tape with the words Books the state didnt want you to read.
The decision Thursday went against a judge who had advised the Oklahoma Board of Education not to revoke the license of Summer Boismier, who had also put in her high school classroom a QR code of the Brooklyn Public Librarys catalogue of banned books.
An attorney for Boismier, who now works at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, told reporters after the board meeting that they would seek to overturn the decision. I will not apologize for sharing publicly available information about library access with my students, the former teacher posted on X. My livelihood will never be as important as someones life or right to read what they want.
{snip}
Boismier, a fervent reader with a passion for fantasy novels, had been teaching English for nine years when she was involuntarily thrust into the center of Walters campaign for statewide office in August 2022. She received threats on social media and was accused of being part of a broader movement led by teachers to influence childrens political beliefs. Boismier resigned soon after.
{snip}
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Lathan is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
NADIA LATHAN
Lathan is a statehouse reporter based in Austin, Texas. She is a Report for America corps member.
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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2024
OP
I always thought the thing about Obama being taught in madrassas was stupid....
AZ8theist
Aug 2024
#16
This is public information. This effort will fail unless they shut down the internet.
erronis
Aug 2024
#6
The Repression party (formerly, Republican) is now full-blown Talibangelical.
Hermit-The-Prog
Aug 2024
#14
"I will not apologize for sharing publicly available information about library access..."
JoseBalow
Aug 2024
#19
I'm waiting for Summer Boismier holding up a T-shirt with her retirement date... thanks to the.....
usaf-vet
Aug 2024
#21
Losing one's teaching license for helping students access books is a badge of honor.
ancianita
Aug 2024
#22
Former Norman High School teacher's certificate revoked after two years of turmoil, Walters says
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2024
#30