Eh I don't see an issue with social studies that cover material of interest to the predominant ethnic group in the neighborhood. I remember a charter school in New Mexico called Nuestros Valores -- Our Values -- that was doing pretty well with Hispanic kids who were getting munched up by the system. Bear in mind that they will otherwise be learning social studies from books that have to meet the approval of Texas fundamentalists.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Casey Dougall <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What if in the 60s they banned classes that explained to black children >> that >> they were oppressed? >> > > > I'm going to start a charter school; language, math, science, art and > fitness related classes only? > > If you want additional education in another subject, it's done after school > in elective type classes that are not graded. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318227 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
