Mae Mailman

Teacher America went through a shift between my first and second year.

The first year, they really were trying to help us teach.

So they gave us how to teach math and use these rhymes and do this.

And then the second year, the focus was a little bit different.

It was like, understand racial inequity.

It was like a little more feelings-ish.

And I was like, well, this is a problem because I need to teach my kids math tomorrow.

And so actually what I'd like to know is how to do that.

No one is more committed to academic freedom than conservatives because for so long, it's like, you can't say this, you can't teach this.

Nope, you didn't do the pronouns, you know, like the whole thing.

So

we want to give power to individuals and to universities to be able to shape what they're teaching.

But at the same time, when you have federal grants, you do not need to be funding racism and racial hierarchies and violence and harassment.

So I think that line is do what you want to do, but we don't have to fund it.