The nearly 900-page curriculum was approved by the state Board of Education on Thursday, following hours of public comments. The curriculum has been under development for nearly four years and the version approved was the fourth draft.Though the curriculum is voluntary, supporters have argued that it's a necessary effort to teach students about groups different from them -- particularly following the attack last week against multiple Asian Americans in Georgia.
Read More"By affirming the identities and contributions of marginalized groups in our society, ethnic studies helps students see themselves and each other as part of the narrative of the United States, a draft of the curriculum reads."Importantly, this helps students see themselves as active agents in the interethnic bridge-building process we call American life.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Maybe now they can concentrate on, you know, actually teaching the children in person
what’s ethnic studies? will they teach all “ethnic” histories? Black Latino Asian Pacific Islander Native Americans Mexicans etc
Waiting for the racists to reveal themselves in the comments ... 👀😒