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The state Board of Education voted 7-5 Thursday to approve controversial new standards for teaching history and social studies in North Carolina’s public schools. The vote came after hours of board debate over the past two weeks and thousands of comments from the public.
The new standards have been in the works for almost two years. They strive to bring more diverse voices into classrooms and help students explore struggles against racism and oppression. Some argued that they shortchange America s strengths and promote a political agenda, while others say they provide a truer picture and encourage all students to be engaged.
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RALEIGH (WTVD) The North Carolina Board of Education voted 7-5 during a Thursday meeting to approve the hotly debated social studies curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade.
The use of language has been at the center of debate since its inception in January, with people in support of the new standards calling them inclusive and a better contextual view of American history, while those in opposition called it divisive and anti-American.
In support of the new standards was Chairman Eric Davis, Vice Chairman Alan Duncan, Reginald Kenan, Jill Camnitz, Donna Tipton- Rogers, J. Wendell Hall and James Ford. While in opposition was Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, State Treasurer Dale Fowell, Olivia Oxendine, Amy White and Todd Chasteen.