The Technician reports on concerns from NC State professor Holly Brewer about changes to the K-12 history curriculum being considered by the state. Brewer and three others were outside the Emerging Issues Forum yesterday to draw attention to the issue. A Saturday protest may be in the works. See below from the story. (emphasis is mine)
Brewer said the process didn’t involve consultation with history professors or teachers and that, if anything, there should be more time devoted to history in high school.
“We need to move away from one semester of U.S. history to two semesters and we need to keep world history,” Brewer said.
She said the poor attendance at the protest was due to it being planned the night before and the fact that those who feel most passionate about the issue were teaching Monday afternoon. She said a Saturday protest may be in the works sometime in the next two weeks, since the deadline for feedbacks on drafts was extended until March 2.
Read more on this issue from JLF’s education analyst Terry Stoops here.
