Fla. Teacher Resigns After School District Removes His 'Age Inappropriate' Images of Historic Black Americans A teacher in Florida has resigned after he says a school district employee removed photos of historic Black American figures from a bulletin board in his classroom. Michael James, the teacher, reported the incident that occurred at the O.J. Semmes Elementary School to both Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an email, The Pensacola Journal reported. James told the paper that he chose the theme for the bulletin board because the majority of the students in his class are Black and he wanted to showcase leaders that his students could look up to and see ... Continue reading... https://www.yahoo.com/now/fla-teacher-resigns-school-district-163410412.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Fla. Teacher Resigns After School District Removes His 'Age Inappropriate' Images of Historic Black Americans[/google]
Florida Teacher Quits, Complains Staff Took Images Of Black Icons Off His Wall A Florida teacher says he has quit after learning a school district employee “removed” pictures of historic Black figures from his classroom walls, the Pensacola News Journal reported. Michael James, a special education teacher for 15 years, told Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith that the school employee took down what she called “age-inappropriate” photos. “I hate to say this about everybody in the staff or the leadership there, but something is not right,” James said. “Something needs to be changed or fixed.” O.J. Semmes Elementary, where James was set to teach in his first year at ... Continue reading... https://money.yahoo.com/florida-teacher-quits-complains-staff-045338975.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Florida Teacher Quits, Complains Staff Took Images Of Black Icons Off His Wall[/google] Florida Teacher Quits, Complains Staff Took Images Of Black Icons Off His Wall The teacher resigned after a school district employee wanted to take down "age-inappropriate" pictures from a classroom bulletin board. Continue reading... https://www.yahoo.com/video/florida-teacher-quits-complains-staff-045338975.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Florida Teacher Quits, Complains Staff Took Images Of Black Icons Off His Wall[/google]
Florida teacher quits after staff removed posters of Black leaders A Florida teacher quit days before the beginning of the school year after staff removed posters of Black leaders, sharing an account of the situation that conflicts with that of the school. Michael James, a teacher at an Escambia County public school, said that the employee who removed the posters was exhibiting racist behavior when she said that the billboard he had designed was “age inappropriate,” the Pensacola News Journal reports. James was using images of figures like Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriett Tubman and former President Obama. “I’ve been teaching special education for 15 years, and it just really ... Continue reading... https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/...after-staff-removed-posters-of-black-leaders/ Find in Internet Archives [google]Florida teacher quits after staff removed posters of Black leaders[/google] Florida teacher quits after staff removed posters of Black leaders A Florida teacher quit days before the beginning of the school year after staff removed posters of Black leaders, sharing an account of the situation that conflicts with that of the school. Continue reading... https://foxlexington.com/news/natio...after-staff-removed-posters-of-black-leaders/ Find in Internet Archives [google]Florida teacher quits after staff removed posters of Black leaders[/google]
