LAKE COUNTY, Calif. Lake County residents ventured out by the thousands to events over the Memorial Day weekend, a time that has traditionally been the official beginning of the summer season but this year also marks a return to a more familiar pattern of community life and celebration.
What Texas kids need to know in order to become responsible citizens is up for debate.
After Gov. Greg Abbott named strengthening civics education as one of his priorities for the legislative session, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle filed bills with that goal in mind.
But some advocacy groups are concerned that the issue could become too politicized, potentially stymieing progress in Austin.
“Teachers want this. Parents want this. Concerned citizens want this,” said Wendy May-Dreyer, chair of the Texas Civic Education Coalition. “It doesn’t need to become a culture war.”
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West recently decried several of the civics education bills, saying in a statement that the Legislature is facing an “onslaught of … legislation that advances Critical Race Theory from a progressive socialist standpoint” and would “open the doors to left-wing activism among our children.”
Texas teachers, students confront history lessons in real time as mob stormed the U.S. Capitol
Educators navigate complex discussions on democracy, race and civic engagement after this week’s events.
Bryan Adams High School US History teacher Stephen Patterson, left, African-American Studies and world history teacher Bri Thomas, center, and Principal Ryan Bott spent much of Wednesday afternoon and Thursday helping students and each other process the rioting at the U.S. Capitol.(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
Teacher Bri Thomas was in the middle of a history lesson about Thomas Jefferson’s writings and the way a president’s words shape public discourse when her phone started vibrating with news alerts.
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