Washington makes school curriculum more 'inclusive' by adding LGBTQ+ history
When students "feel a connection to what theyβre learning, they do better," said Democratic Sen. Marko Liias.
March 19, 2024
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When students "feel a connection to what theyβre learning, they do better," said Democratic Sen. Marko Liias.
If there's one thing teachers can agree on, it's that government overreach has gone too far.
The bill comes at a time when Republicans are trying to erase and rewrite certain histories.
A new attack ad blasts the Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate's extremist private school curriculum that compares queer people to "child molesters and rapists."
Twelve schools have kicked off the pilot program, which will go into effect statewide this fall.
Teachers assembled lessons that will include LGBT history and explore the works of writers like Willa Cather and Langston Hughes.
If the bill passes the House and is signed by the governor, it would make Illinois the second state with such a mandate.Β
The California parents object to their kids learning about the accomplishments of LGBTQ Americans.
The California senate passed a bill Thursday that would make the historical contributions of LGBT Americans part of the public-school curriculum in the state.
The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.
We need a public school curriculum that reflects all our stories.
Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham, England, has seen protests over the curriculum for weeks.
A new state law requiring an LGBTQ-inclusive public school curriculum has Mayor Alfonso Cirulli's hackles up.
The inclusive curriculum has finally won support -Β showing how far the school system has come since efforts in the early 1990s.Β
A California school district was rocked by an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, but GLSEN's Eliza Byard says all children deserve to know the accomplishments of different people.
In a hearing in Georgia on Senate Bill 88, a bill that restricts LGBTQ+ curriculum in schools, Republicans only allowed people from Gays Against Groomers and Log Cabin Republicans to speak.
In Temecula, where a school board member called Harvey Milk a pedophile, the board has adopted a new social studies curriculum but will review and maybe rewrite materials about Milk and the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
βTo debate whether enslaved people benefited from slavery β are you kidding me?β she said.
Opinion: "When we present young people with a version of history from which they are completely absent, they have trouble envisioning a positive future for themselves," writes Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings.