Most States Get an ‘F’ on Civil Rights Education | Teaching Tolerance

Most States Get an ‘F’ on Civil Rights Education | Teaching Tolerance

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  1. cheriecrosbyOctober 4, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    I ready this study today and all I could say was this is SHAMEFUL! It's very disheartening to know that only 2% of high school seniors in 2010 could answer a simple question regarding the Brown vs. the Board of Education decision. A decision that impacts all schools today!

    What really bothered me was the fact that the state I live in Pennsylvania received an F, and does not require any type of civil rights curriculum in it's state standards.

    This made me wonder what history are we teaching students? Why are we still deliberately avoiding the issue of racism? Is it really that scary? What will be the impact of not discussing civil rights beyond Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks?

    On a promising note-three states are making a conscious effort to ensure that we continue to review civil rights education in our schools:
    Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.

    I am thankful I had two parents who were born and raised in the south (VA and SC) and that my mother and I often had conversations about civil rights, watched documentaries on it together, and shared books on the topic.

    Hopefully things will change, otherwise, I think history may repeat itself.

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