Officials added a clause to teacher contracts in Southlake, Texas, banning them from criticizing the school district. Legal experts say it's a violation of the First Amendment.
That story came to light after more than a half dozen Carroll teachers spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity. In the months since, some parents in Southlake have attempted to uncover the identities of the teachers who spoke to the media and have called on district leaders to fire them, according to social media posts and emails reviewed by NBC News.to prohibit employees from secretly recording school district business.
Alice O’Brien, general counsel at the National Education Association, connected the clause to the nationwide effort to limit the ways teachers talk about racism and sexuality in the classroom, writing in a statement, “Instead of censoring the truth, let’s focus on addressing the real issues facing Texas students, starting with paying educators more and making sure students have the resources they need to succeed.
In that 1968 case, Pickering v. Board of Education, the court found that a school district in Illinois violated a teacher’s First Amendment rights when it fired him for writing a letter to a local newspaper criticizing the school board for prioritizing funding for athletics over teacher salaries.
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