Socially Just Us
a look at social justice issues for and by educators

Episode 8: Does a teacher have the right to free speech?

with Angela Alderete

Episode Eight

A teacher posted anti-immigration comments on her personal twitter account. She lost her job but has since claimed that her right to free speech should protect her job. Works cited:
- Love, Bettina (2020). We Want To Do More Than Survive: abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. S.l.: BEACON. - ACLU. (2016). Free Speech Right of Public Scool Teachers . Retrieved from https://aclu-wa.org/news/free-speech-rights-public-school-teachers - High Leverage Practices (2019). Retrieved from http://www.teachingworks.org/work-of-teaching/high-leverage-practices

About the Host

Angela Alderete is currently in her 6th year teaching science at Cibola High School. She has a background in engineering, but found a passion for teaching early on in her career. She has taught all levels of Physics and Chemistry in the high school setting. Angela has three children and is constantly striving to be a teacher that she would want her own children to have.

Music

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Guiton Sketch" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)