Holocaust education for Wisconsin students required for grades 5-12
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Holocaust education required for Wisconsin students, grades 5-12
Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
MILWAUKEE - Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
Wisconsin joins 17 other states that require Holocaust education, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An 18th state, Arkansas, has a law taking effect next year. This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic and more inclusive, Evers said.
Wisconsin schools required to teach Holocaust under new law
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
Wisconsin joins 17 other states that require Holocaust education, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An 18th state, Arkansas, has a law taking effect next year.
“This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic, and more inclusive,” Evers said in a statement.
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Wisconsin schools will be required to provide education on the Holocaust and other genocides for students in at least two different grade levels, under a bipartisan bill signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday.
Evers signed the bill at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, which has raised alarms about the rising frequency of anti-Semitic incidents. Federation Board Chair Moshe Katz said the goal of the bill is to ensure that the stories and lessons of Holocaust survivors are not forgotten. I grew up with Holocaust survivors all around me, Katz said. And hearing their stories, I always feel I am a better person . recognizing our responsibility, not just to their memories, but to making the world a better place so that hate like that never fills our hearts again.
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