American
independent news programme Democracy Now! reports,
"After
a county school board in Colorado proposed to rewrite the district’s
high school U.S. history curriculum to stop teaching about civil
disobedience, students and teachers have responded with acts of civil
disobedience of their own.
"Classes have been canceled twice in
Jefferson County as teachers stage mass sick-outs and students walk
out of classes. At a protest last week, hundreds of Denver-area high
school students held cardboard signs with slogans including, "Don’t
make history a mystery" and "Keep your politics out of my
education."
"The protests began after the school board announced
it was considering reviewing the curriculum of Advanced Placement
history courses and adding more material to "promote
citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market
system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights."
The proposed changes also call for the removal of classroom materials
that "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or
disregard of the law."
"In addition, teachers are protesting a
pay-grade system that ties their salaries to performance reviews. "
It is the sort of thing which would have the late Michael Gove turning in his grave :)
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