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What Happens When a Slogan Becomes the Curriculum
A curriculum inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement is spreading, raising questions about the line between education and indoctrination.
March 14, 2021
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Last month, a public-school district that serves mostly elementary and middle-school students in Evanston, Illinois, held its third annual Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action using a curriculum, created in collaboration with Black Lives Matter activists and the local teachers’ union, that introduces children as young as 4 and 5 to some of America’s most complex and controversial subjects. For example, parents of kindergartners in District 65 were asked to spend time at home discussing a book on race that teachers had read aloud to their children.