California
to adopt a new guide to Mexican American (Chicano) history, (and everyone else)
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| Cesar Chavez and Duane Campbell 1972 |
"Once
social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You can not un-educate the
person who has learned to read.. You cannot oppress the people who are not
afraid anymore.
Cesar
Chávez. November 9, 1984.
Update. the decision was made May 19. The proposed new framework passed the Quality Instructional Materials Committee. It is most likely to be adopted as is.
Update. the decision was made May 19. The proposed new framework passed the Quality Instructional Materials Committee. It is most likely to be adopted as is.
History
will change in May of 2016 for the students of California, and in subsequent
years students throughout the nation. Teachers. Are you prepared to teach all history?
We have
a unique opportunity to change the history books in California K-12 to
include Chicano/Mexican American history.
Mexican
American/ Chicano history is currently substantially absent from public school
textbooks and curriculum in California- and it has been since 1986.
Latino student political non participation and alienation from school is
significantly caused by Latino absence from the K-12 textbooks and curriculum.
For the
last two years the Mexican American Digital History Project and a broad group
of allies have been working for to add Chicano history to the California
History/Social Science Framework, the document that determines what goes into
textbooks in California. See https://sites.google.com/site/chicanodigital/
