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Nearly 32% Of CCS Students Are Hispanic. How Is the District Serving Them?
By Hannah McClellan and Victoria Johnson, Chatham News + Record Staff
Sitting in Jordan-Matthews’ auditorium nearly four years ago, Mexican immigrant Guadalupe Tavera remembers thinking, “My God, why don’t I know English?”
Her son, Ervin Martinez, was just about to start 9th grade at J-M, and the school held a meeting to inform parents about its requirements and curricula. While various school staff presented in English, a school interpreter translated the information for Tavera and other Spanish-speaking parents via translation headsets. Even so, Tavera said she didn’t understand the meeting.
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N.C. House Bill Could Limit How Schools Teach About America’s History With Racism. Here’s What’s in It.
A bill that could put new rules on public school curriculum regarding race and history such as prohibiting schools from teaching the U.S. was created to oppress people or that people are inherently racist or sexist was passed 66-48 by the North Carolina House along completely partisan lines earlier this month.
The bill, House Bill 324, was approved amid growing debate over how history should be taught in schools, particularly when it comes to topics such as racism and slavery.
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