Mayade Ersoff, 61, a middle school history teacher at her home in Miami. “I will never, ever, teach to the new standards,” she said.
MIAMI — One day last September, history teacher Mayade Ersoff walked into her classroom at Palmetto Middle School, saw vandalism and vowed to resist.
A poster affirming that “Love is Love” still hung beside the blackboard. But two others, “Slavery did not Benefit Black People” and “Teach the Truth,” had vanished. In their place was a note from school principal Alina Valero asking to meet.
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