#NYC public schools to introduce curriculum on Asian Americans

#NYC public schools to introduce curriculum on Asian Americans

“NYC public schools to introduce curriculum on Asian Americans” New York City public schools introduced a push on Thursday “designed to center the experiences and voices” of Asian American and Pacific Islander families in classrooms, education officials said. The curriculum — which will be piloted as shorter units across all grades this fall — will…

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#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary

#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary

“#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary” From the right: Silence on China’s Drug-Pushing “In the United States, a person dies from a drug overdose every five-and-a-half minutes,” frets John Mac Ghlionn at The American Conservative. Notably, “of the more than 100,000 drug-overdose deaths recorded in 2020, 64,178 involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl” —…

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#California proposes curriculum on Aztec gods

#California proposes curriculum on Aztec gods

“#California proposes curriculum on Aztec gods” The California Department of Education has proposed an ethnic studies “model curriculum” that includes, among other things, chanting the names of Aztec gods in an attempt to build unity among schoolchildren. Included in the draft curriculum is a list of “lesson resources” with a chant based on “In Lak Ech,” which it describes as “love, unity, mutual respect,”…

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#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard

#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard

“#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard” The fight over school independence is set to flare once again. The state is reviving its plan to hold private-school curriculum to public-school standards. The New York State Education Department has announced a series of public meetings in the coming months as it develops a “substantial equivalency”…

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