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July 1, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as “involuntary relocation” under new social studies standards proposed to the state's education board.
A group of nine educators submitted the idea to the State Board of Education as part of Texas' efforts to develop new social studies curriculum, according to the Texas Tribune. The once-a-decade process updates what children learn in the state's nearly 8,900 public schools.
Duval County Public Schools teachers speak out against the state’s civics training courses
The board is considering curriculum changes one year after Texas passed a law to eliminate topics from schools that make students “feel discomfort.”
Board member Aicha Davis, a Democrat who represents Dallas and Fort Worth, raised concerns during a June 15 meeting that the term wasn't a fair representation of the slave trade. The board sent the draft back for revision, urging the educator group to “carefully examine the language used to describe events.”
“I can’t say what their intention was, but that’s not going to be acceptable,” Davis told The Texas Tribune on Thursday.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-schools-may-call-slavery-230329127.html
Some Texas schools may call slavery 'involuntary relocation'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as “involuntary relocation” under new social studies standards proposed to the state's education board.
A group of nine educators submitted the idea to the State Board of Education as part of Texas' efforts to develop new social studies curriculum, according to the Texas Tribune. The once-a-decade process updates what children learn in the state's nearly 8,900 public schools.
Duval County Public Schools teachers speak out against the state’s civics training courses
The board is considering curriculum changes one year after Texas passed a law to eliminate topics from schools that make students “feel discomfort.”
Board member Aicha Davis, a Democrat who represents Dallas and Fort Worth, raised concerns during a June 15 meeting that the term wasn't a fair representation of the slave trade. The board sent the draft back for revision, urging the educator group to “carefully examine the language used to describe events.”
“I can’t say what their intention was, but that’s not going to be acceptable,” Davis told The Texas Tribune on Thursday.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-schools-may-call-slavery-230329127.html
June 28, 2022
"No"
She really doesn’t care. 
https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1541862348968890370
June 25, 2022
The string theory.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09xhj2b/string-theory-a-simple-way-to-understand-the-universe
June 13, 2022
Did DU just go down for a sec?
I clicked on a trending thread and a blank screen with the word FORBIDDEN popped up. Couldn’t get on for a minute.
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