Why It is More Important than Ever to Advocate for Inclusive Schools

To protect students’ access to safe and inclusive education, it is crucial to counter efforts by far-right extremists attempting to over-interpret Mahmoud, including by wrongly suggesting that the decision requires schools to censor inclusive educational content or to limit their responses to harassment or discrimination against students. This resource breaks down the decision—what it does and doesn’t do—to ensure students, parents, school staff, advocates, and faith leaders are prepared to push back against attempts to claim the decision requires broad censorship and other harm to inclusive and safe educational spaces. This resource also includes talking points and a template letter explaining why schools should not inappropriately expand the decision to enact harmful policies and how doing so would undermine schools’ legal and ethical obligations to protect students’ rights.