The ACLU's response seem pretty awkward: > A number of state lawmakers—many of whom have also fought to censor discussions of race and gender in public schools

The ACLU's response seem pretty awkward: > A number of state lawmakers—many of whom have also fought to censor discussions of race and gender in public schools—have begun introducing vague “curriculum transparency laws” that require schools to post lists of all of their teaching materials online, including books, articles and videos. > Below is a comment from Emerson Sykes, staff attorney in the ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project in response: > “Government bodies should always strive for transparency, and the ACLU supports any good-faith effort to make public education as transparent as possible to parents and communities. Indeed, transparency is already the norm in many public school systems. > “But some of these so-called ‘curriculum transparency bills’ are thinly veiled attempts at chilling teachers and students from learning and talking about race and gender in schools. Their sponsors have said as much. > “For example, in Florida, one lawmaker recently introduced legislation that would allow teachers and children to be constantly recorded and surveilled in the classroom for signs of teaching and learning about ‘divisive concepts’ around race and gender. We can keep our communities informed without placing children and their teachers under a microscope. Some states are requiring teachers to publish curricula. Other states are trying to put cameras in classrooms, or prohibit certain topics. The latter are bad, but what does that have to do with the former? I absolutely would want to know my children's curriculum so I can ask them what they learned in school today and know that they're paying attention. And if math is seriously watered down, teach my kids or bring them to Kumon. The idea that curricula should be withheld from parents, because some might get pissy about their students history class talking about the Civil War instead of "The War of Northern Aggression" seems absurd. I still fail to see why a policy requiring schools "list of all of their teaching materials online, including books, articles and videos." would be considered controversial.