University Of Memphis: Hooks Institute To Host Facebook Live Event 'You Can't Teach That'

Press release from the University of Memphis:

September 28, 2021

On May 23, 2021, Tennessee passed a law banning 14 concepts in instruction that appear to significantly limit how educators can teach students on issues of race, class, gender disparities and privilege in public school classrooms. How will this law be implemented? How will it impact the quality and scope of teaching? What relationship, if any, does it have to Critical Race Theory?

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute at the University of Memphis will host a Facebook Live event — “You Can’t Teach That!: Prohibited Concepts in Instruction in Public Schools” — on Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. with scholars and community leaders weighing in on this critical topic. The event can be viewed on the Hooks Institute Facebook page (facebook.com/benhooksinstitute).

Panelists for the event are Dr. Courtney Mauldin (assistant professor of teaching & leadership in the School of Education at Syracuse University), Cardell Orrin (Tennessee executive director for Stand for Children) and Daphene McFerren (Hooks Institute executive director). Andre Johnson (UofM associate professor in the Department of Communications and Film) will moderate.

This event continues the community conversation started by the Hooks Institute on Facebook Live in June that addressed “Critical Race Theory: What it is and What It Isn’t.”

This press release was produced by the University of Memphis. The views expressed here are the author’s own.