Should NC 3rd-graders learn why Confederate monuments are 'valued by a community'?
RALEIGH — State education officials are backing away from a proposal to begin requiring North Carolina third-grade students to study and highlight monuments such as Confederate statues.The latest draft for new statewide K-12 social studies standards includes a new requirement that third-grade students “summarize how monuments and memorials represent historical events and people that are valued by a community.” Some teachers complain the language about monuments and other […]
