{"id":1623626,"date":"2022-08-26T19:33:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T23:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1623626"},"modified":"2022-08-26T19:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T23:34:35","slug":"oklahoma-teacher-quits-after-being-disciplined-for-banned-books-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-teacher-quits-after-being-disciplined-for-banned-books-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Teacher Quits After Being Disciplined For Banned Books Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-teacher-quits-after-being-disciplined-for-banned-books-sign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1623626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma<\/a> teacher has resigned Wednesday after she was disciplined over a sign in her classroom directing students to books restricted by\u00a0the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/critical-race-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Race Theory<\/a> (CRT) ban.<\/p>\n<p>Summer Boismier, who taught 10th grade English at Norman High School just south of Oklahoma City, was told she must cover books that might be deemed inappropriate under the state ban. Other district teachers were told the same.<\/p>\n<p>Boismier, 34, cooperated and covered the books with butcher paper, but she added a label, writing in marker on the covering \u201cBooks the State Doesn\u2019t Want You to Read.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added\u00a0a QR code linking to the Brooklyn Public Library\u2019s \u201cBooks Unbanned\u201d program, where students can access the books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely don\u2019t scan this!\u201d she wrote underneath the QR code.<\/p>\n<p>A Norman Public Schools spokesperson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/respect\/equality\/3616129-oklahoma-teacher-quits-after-sharing-a-qr-code-for-banned-books-with-students\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0a concerned parent reached out to the school district to flag Boismier\u00a0and a \u201cpotential issue regarding Oklahoma HB 1775.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many educators, the teacher has concerns regarding censorship and book removal by the Oklahoma state legislature. However, as educators it is our goal to teach students to think critically, not to tell them what to think,\u201d the district spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBooks Unbanned\u201d project attempts to connect teens with books they may not be able to access thanks to \u201cpolitical challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the country, teens are facing book bans, censorship and political challenges in their local school and public libraries,\u201d the Brooklyn library\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bklynlibrary.org\/books-unbanned\">says<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Boismier has since doubled down on her actions, saying she \u201cwould do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a walking HB 1775 violation,\u201d Boismier <a href=\"https:\/\/okcfox.com\/news\/local\/summer-boismier-norman-public-schools-critical-race-theory-brooklyn-public-library-qr-code-house-bill-1775-oklahoma-teacher-resigned-education-books\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd one of the sticking points between myself and my previous district was I would do it again in a heartbeat. No regrets. Would do it again. Will do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s vitally important that our students feel empowered, see themselves, reflected and validated. For too long, public education did not include those stories,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by local outlet KOKH-TV whether she thought her banned books sign would prompt a CRT complaint, Boismier <a href=\"https:\/\/okcfox.com\/news\/local\/summer-boismier-norman-public-schools-critical-race-theory-brooklyn-public-library-qr-code-house-bill-1775-oklahoma-teacher-resigned-education-books\">said<\/a> it was only \u201ca matter of when.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think every educator since the passage of HB 1775 has understood that it\u2019s a matter of \u2018if,\u2019 not a matter of \u2018when.\u2019\u201d Boismier said. \u201cIf we\u2019re doing our jobs, it\u2019s a matter of when.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have control over people\u2019s feelings, so I\u2019m not sure why I\u2019m being penalized for that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the Oklahoma State Department of Education officially <a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/oklahoma-legislature\/state-department-of-education-officially-adopts-rules-for-crt-law-in-oklahoma-schools\/\">adopted<\/a> the rule to keep CRT out of Oklahoma schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCRT has no place in K-12 education,\u201d\u00a0State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma is not the only state that has passed a law in an attempt to keep politically charged content out of K-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Also in March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leak-state-farm-said-its-giving-transgender-books-for-five-year-olds-to-florida-schools-appears-to-backtrack\">signed<\/a> the Parental Rights in Education Bill, which\u00a0prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for kindergarten through third grade, or in a way that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate. Critics dubbed the bill \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d despite the word \u201cgay\u201d not appearing anywhere in the bill text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklahoma teacher has resigned Wednesday after she was disciplined over a sign in her classroom directing students to books restricted by\u00a0the state\u2019s Critical Race Theory (CRT) ban. 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