English teacher Erin Donevan holds up the ‘Free Palestine’ pin that ultimately got her fired from Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland.   “I wore it on my lanyard just as a way to kind of let students know that I was a safe person to talk to,” she said.
In emails, the principal told Donevan some students expressed “discomfort” about the pin and its “negative impact…on their ability to learn.”
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Oakland teacher fired for wearing ‘Free Palestine' pin

Bishop O’Dowd High, a private Catholic school in Oakland, fired an English teacher for “insubordination” after she refused to stop wearing a pin bearing the Palestinian flag and the words “Free Palest...

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