Proposed law would require Maine schools to teach African American history
The measure, which would also require schools to teach about the history of genocide, comes as states across the U.S. are examining how they re teaching about racial and social injustice.
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A bill before the Maine Legislature would require schools to teach about African American history and the history of genocide as part of American history. The proposal comes as states and schools across the country examine how to teach Black history amid a national reckoning on issues of racial justice.
“Education is so important in stopping things like racism, discrimination and hate that in my view it’s serious enough to require it to be taught in the law,” Sen. Louis Luchini, D-Hancock, the bill’s sponsor, said Tuesday.
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Robert Ganley teaches a U.S. history class at Old Orchard Beach High School on Monday. Ganley says the high school is lucky to be able to have in-person learning for all students four days a week, and when teachers can get vaccinated, other school districts may be able to expand their days of in-person learning.
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Gabriel LaSalle, a senior at Old Orchard Beach High School, said he wants to see teachers vaccinated as soon as possible.