Here is an op-ed on Senate Bill 1, which I coauthored with Professor David Blight. It is published on the website of the OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL. Please circulate. This dangerous bill will end academic freedom.

Senate Bill 1 will ban professors from teaching "controversial" ideas in class, including the history of immigration and foreign policy. Please contact your reps and ask them to vote against this dangerous bill.

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10/Professor David Strittmatter, Ohio Northern University The Ohio Academy of History boasts a membership that reaches across numerous arenas, from college faculty to high school social studies teachers to museum professionals and independent scholars.

9/Area City Schools Professor Arvind Elangovan, Wright State University Professor Ann Heiss, Kent State University Professor Bradley Keefer, Kent State University-Ashtabula Professor Julie Mujic, Denison University Professor Martha Pallante, Youngstown State University

8/freedom and oppose SB 1. Professor Daniel Rivers, Ohio State University, President of the Ohio Academy of History, on behalf of the Executive Committee: Professor Janet R. Bednarek, University of Dayton Professor Joan E. Cashin, Ohio State University Doctor Don Eberle, Napoleon

7/topics chosen by government officials.  In a mature democracy like the United States, we should not fear the free and open exchange of ideas regardless of the venue. We call upon the historical profession, the academic community, and the people of Ohio to defend academic

6/it becomes law, it will undermine the state’s ability to recruit top-rank faculty and students in all fields.  It will destroy the reputation of our colleges and universities, replacing serious academic standards with a narrow range of acceptable

5/sional standards that scholars must meet before they even enter the classroom; their deep sense of obligation to their students; and their dedication to the pursuit of historical knowledge. This measure will have an impact far beyond history, as important as that is.  If

4/ge of ideas in the classroom, creating conditions in which both professor and the students may be reluctant to speak openly.  The bill assumes the worst motives on the part of the faculty, and it describes a crisis that does not exist.  Moreover, the bill ignores the profes

3/past.  Historians teach students, among other things, how to think critically about complex issues and discuss them in writing and in conversation in a classroom setting. Senate Bill 1 would make that impossible.  This bill will endanger rather than protect the free exchan

2/We write to express our strong opposition to Senate Bill 1.  This bill, just like Senate Bill 83, is a threat to every noble principle that the historical profession stands for, including the freedom to read, discuss, and debate new ideas and multiple perspectives on the

1/Senate Bill 1 was introduced this wk in the Ohio legislature. It will ban certain "controversial" topics in the classroom and allow for faculty to be fired if they violate the ban. The Ohio Academy's Executive Committee has issued a statement.

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