The school board reversed their decision and Ms. Clausen stays. Thank you for acting fast. We are watching to ensure this remains final.
March 22, 2016
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Dayton High School teacher Elizabeth Clausen may lose her job over a picture that "offended". If you want to support her and attempt to help save her job, sign this petition
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January 6, 2016
We are approaching one hundred names. Push now to get us over the line.
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No teacher should lose her job for an assignment causing her students to have original thoughts on critical, difficult issues. These issues must be dealt with in our society, and we need to begin with our youth or we'll keep repeating them in our future.
Why is anyone going to want to be a teacher if every time they try to teach something of substance they could lose their job? She wasn't saying they should think this is ok, she was making them look at the meanings of this photo and what they can do to fix things!
When I was in high school we wrote papers all the time on current events and history. This is reality and it was only supposed to be for educational purposes to see students interpretation. Keep this teacher around and give her another chance.
I support this local teacher for engaging kids! I hope she is still teaching when my daughter is old enough for high school! We need more teachers like this in Dayton to get our kids thinking about what's going on in the world.
As a former DHS grad I'm glad to see that there are teachers bringing thought provoking content and critical thinking to the classroom . It's not about the "offensive nature" but the conversation and it has started that matters.
Truth is truth. Being offended doesn't change that. she wants the children to think for themselves, and I for one, applaud her.
I support a free, open and inquisitive educational system. This image is not offensive, it is meaningful and was rightly included in this teacher's curriculum.
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The school board reversed their decision and Ms. Clausen stays. Thank you for acting fast. We are watching to ensure this remains final.
March 22, 2016
Final supporters
Dayton High School teacher Elizabeth Clausen may lose her job over a picture that "offended". If you want to support her and attempt to help save her job, sign this petition
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 7, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
January 7, 2016
January 6, 2016
We are approaching one hundred names. Push now to get us over the line.
281 Comments
Judgement may have been off...but you can't sugar coat life..these kids get out into real life and really have no clue what's going on out there...I believe this teacher was trying to teach..trying to stir a debate in the class not in the whole community
No teacher should lose her job for an assignment causing her students to have original thoughts on critical, difficult issues. These issues must be dealt with in our society, and we need to begin with our youth or we'll keep repeating them in our future.
Why is anyone going to want to be a teacher if every time they try to teach something of substance they could lose their job? She wasn't saying they should think this is ok, she was making them look at the meanings of this photo and what they can do to fix things!
When I was in high school we wrote papers all the time on current events and history. This is reality and it was only supposed to be for educational purposes to see students interpretation. Keep this teacher around and give her another chance.
I support this local teacher for engaging kids! I hope she is still teaching when my daughter is old enough for high school! We need more teachers like this in Dayton to get our kids thinking about what's going on in the world.
As a former DHS grad I'm glad to see that there are teachers bringing thought provoking content and critical thinking to the classroom . It's not about the "offensive nature" but the conversation and it has started that matters.
Truth is truth. Being offended doesn't change that. she wants the children to think for themselves, and I for one, applaud her.
I support a free, open and inquisitive educational system. This image is not offensive, it is meaningful and was rightly included in this teacher's curriculum.
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Judgement may have been off...but you can't sugar coat life..these kids get out into real life and really have no clue what's going on out there...I believe this teacher was trying to teach..trying to stir a debate in the class not in the whole community