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This is all well and good, but our history is systematically being phased out of the public schools. There is less black history being taught today,than it was when I went to school. Decades ago,a sista I was seeing had a son in high school. He and other black students wanted to have a black history class. Their point was,you have white history,and other classes devoted to other races. After a few weeks of the principle beating around the bush,he finally told them that if they wanted to learn Black history;the had to go elsewhere after school. It was some community center,I forget what. But that is what they were told.
Sorry to say,out school system is broken,and has been for decades. Dr Steve Perry has the answer,what is wrong with following his model?
Peace!
I'd rather we follow the Finnish model of education.They outperform a lot of the world because they dedicate a lot more relative resources to improving their educational system and maintaining performance. I'd agree that we're skimping on a lot of subjects. Our performance in science and math are pretty bad, yet our students seem to score the highest in terms of self-described confidence levels.
I see no reason why an overhaul of the current system can't improve offerings overall. Even in places that don't necessarily have access to human resources to teach specialized subject matter, I think we could come up with some distance learning solutions.
As for an education in History, it's all taught pretty poorly in my opinion. It's also very unlikely that other races get a better treatment either, imho. Most schools I've had experience with tend to group that into World History, if it exists at all. Only one public school I know of offers some pretty rich offerings in that regard, and their model shows it's possible. This was in a county that was 64% Black and it didn't require segregation.