Common Core readers are racist, sexist, classist, and earned company lots of money

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6. This is an MPS problem, not part of Common Core

Common Core does not dictate materials to be used, only learning goals. If the district bought materials to satisfy the learning goals that are offensive, that is an issue for MPS. Districts have been purchasing curriculum materials for many many decades. I'm surprised that MPS would have purchased this

My kids went to school in MPS (where some of their best and favorite teachers were African American). That was back in the 1980s and 90s. My problem with curriculum materials back then was that, at least at our elementary school, the science curriculum in the early elementary grades was provided by the electric utility (can't remember what it was called back then). I recall complaining about it, and getting nowhere.