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Nevilledog

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Thu Feb 17, 2022, 01:24 PM Feb 2022

How the political debate on teaching race in schools is impacting students and educators (PBS)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-political-debate-on-teaching-race-in-schools-is-impacting-students-and-educators

Black History Month has been celebrated in some form for nearly a century. But this year it comes as students are getting caught up in political scrutiny and alongside a coordinated effort to limit the teaching of race and racism. Geoff Bennett reports.


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Judy Woodruff:

Let's look now at how political debate is also impacting students and educators when it comes to teaching Black history.

Black History Month has been celebrated in some form for nearly a century.

But, as Geoff Bennett explains, this year, it comes as schools are getting caught up in political scrutiny.

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Video, audio and transcript at link

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-political-debate-on-teaching-race-in-schools-is-impacting-students-and-educators
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