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May 4, 2018

National Teacher of the Year Silently Protests as Trump Awards Prize
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The winner of the National Teacher of the Year award held a silent
protest Thursday against the Trump administration's policies as she was
honored by the president in a White House ceremony. Mandy Manning wore
six politically themed buttons as she accepted her award from Trump,
while billionaire Education Secretary Betsy De Vos looked on. Manning's
buttons featured artwork from the 2017 Women's March, a rainbow flag and
the slogan "Trans Equality Now!" She later presented Trump with a stack
of letters from her students-teenage refugees at Joel E. Ferris High
School in Spokane, Washington. After her protest, Manning told USA
Today, "I am here for refugee and immigrant students, for the kids in
the gay-straight alliance, and for all the girls I've coached over the
years."


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