{"id":2027681,"date":"2023-09-11T06:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T10:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-advocates-launch-speech-code-tracker-for-public-school-districts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:01:57","slug":"education-advocates-launch-speech-code-tracker-for-public-school-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-advocates-launch-speech-code-tracker-for-public-school-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Education advocates unveil speech code tracker for public schools."},"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\">18<\/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%2Feducation-advocates-launch-speech-code-tracker-for-public-school-districts%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=2027681&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--><h2>EXCLUSIVE:\u200c Parents Defending Education Launches\u2063 Speech\u2062 Code Tracker \u2064for Public School Districts<\/h2>\n<p>Parents Defending Education has recently unveiled a \u2062<a title=\"Education advocates unveil speech code tracker for public schools.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-advocates-launch-speech-code-tracker-for-public-school-districts\/\">groundbreaking \u200cspeech code tracker<\/a> for public school\u200c districts, shedding light\u200d on the &#8220;anonymous snitch systems&#8221; that are \u2063<a title=\"Democrats Seek to Force Big Tech to Police Content More Tightly in Section 230 Reform Bill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-to-force-big-tech-to-police-content-more-tightly-in-section-230-reform-bill\/\">stifling free speech<\/a> at the K-12 level.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d tracker has already identified \u2064speech codes in a staggering\u2064 115 districts,\u2063 encompassing 4,565 schools across the nation. These\u200b codes have \u2062a direct impact\u2063 on\u2063 nearly 2.5 million students\u200d in 22 states and the \u200cDistrict of Columbia.<\/p>\n<h3>Bias Response \u2064Systems: A Threat\u200b to Free Speech<\/h3>\n<p>Bias response systems, the type\u200c of speech codes under scrutiny, are\u2064 notorious for their\u2062 chilling effect on free \u200bspeech at the college and university level. Numerous courts have recognized this issue \u200cin legal challenges against such systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bias response systems deliberately discourage student speech,&#8221; explained\u200d Nicole Neily, President of\u200d Parents Defending Education,\u2062 in an interview with the\u2062 Washington Examiner. &#8220;Under these programs, \u2062students live in constant fear of being reported for anything they \u200csay, anywhere, anytime. Consequently, they self-censor out \u200dof an abundance of caution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 stated objective of these codes is to combat \u200ddiscrimination and hate\u2063 speech by\u2063 encouraging students to \u2063report any incidents they witness. However, the definition of &#8220;bias&#8221; \u2063and the implementation of these systems can \u200cvary among school \u200ddistricts, often encompassing &#8220;microaggressions&#8221; and &#8220;everyday \u2064acts&#8221; that\u200d can\u200b be interpreted in multiple ways.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe\u2062 Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization, explains in \u200cits\u2064 paper titled &#8220;Responding to Hate and Bias at School,&#8221; the focus is less on intent and more on \u2063impact. According to the paper, allowing bigoted \u2062comments to go\u200c unchecked can be seen \u2064as tacit approval, \u2062causing fear, damage, and harm to\u200d individuals and the <a title=\"New York City Principal Tried To Cut Learning Time In Final Week Of School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-principal-tried-to-cut-learning-time-in-final-week-of-school\/\">entire school community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main criticisms of bias response\u2064 teams is that \u200bthey condition school \u200bchildren to withhold\u2062 their opinions, fearing retribution\u200d and administrative action if an anonymous person perceives their \u2064speech as \u200boffensive.<\/p>\n<h3>Examples of Speech\u200d Codes in School Districts<\/h3>\n<p>Parents Defending Education&#8217;s\u200d tracker highlights various\u2062 instances of bias response systems in school districts. For instance, the Acalanes\u200d Union High School District in California\u200c has\u200c an\u200b anonymous reporting system for students to \u200creport incidents\u200c of harm, including \u2064acts of racism, bias, sexism,\u2064 and microaggressions.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Monroe County Community\u200d School Corporation in Indiana allows students to apply as &#8220;Student Equity Ambassadors&#8221; to shape the district&#8217;s <a title=\"VA School Panel Severely Harassed, Discriminated Against Principal Who else Pushed Back again Against \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Teaching, Lawsuit Alleges\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/va-school-panel-severely-harassed-discriminated-against-principal-who-else-pushed-back-again-against-anti-racism-teaching-lawsuit-alleges\/\">anti-racism policy<\/a>. One student,\u200b when \u200casked why she wanted to be\u2062 an ambassador, acknowledged her societal minority status as a female but also recognized her immense privilege as a middle-class Caucasian.<\/p>\n<p>In New Mexico, bias reporting systems have been implemented statewide following \u2062the signing\u200d of the Black Education Act in 2021. This legislation\u2064 mandates racial sensitivity and <a title=\"Minnesota College Mandates Monthly \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training Sessions, Segregates Faculty By Skin Color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-college-mandates-monthly-anti-racism-training-sessions-segregates-faculty-by-skin-color\/\">anti-racism training<\/a> for school personnel \u200dand\u2064 establishes an Anti-Racism\/Anti Oppression Hotline for reporting school-based incidents of racism.<\/p>\n<p>Neily warns that \u200cthese school districts may face \u200clegal\u2064 consequences for their actions. &#8220;These districts seem to forget that the speech they aim to discourage \u200bis protected by the Constitution. Violating \u200cstudents&#8217; First Amendment rights is a surefire way to invite federal \u2064lawsuits,&#8221; she concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK\u200d HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE\u2064 WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents Defending Education has unveiled a speech code tracker for public schools, exposing &#8220;anonymous snitch systems&#8221; that hinder free speech in K-12 education. The tracker identified speech codes in 115 districts, spanning 4,565 schools nationwide. These restrictions impact nearly 2.5 million students across 22 states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Education advocates unveil speech code tracker for public schools.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Education advocates unveil speech code tracker for public schools.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}