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Some Texas schools may call slavery 'involuntary relocation' in proposed curriculum change

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A group of Texas educators has proposed to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery should be taught as "involuntary relocation". The board, upon reading the language in the suggested curriculum, sent the working draft back for revision. Texas is in the middle of developing a new curriculum for social studies, a process that happens every decade.

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News18 India

Some Texas Schools May Call Slavery 'Involuntary Relocation'

The board is considering curriculum changes one year after Texas passed a law to eliminate topics from schools that make students feel discomfort

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

Some Texas schools may call slavery 'involuntary relocation' in proposed curriculum change

Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as 'involuntary relocation' under new social studies standards proposed to the state's education board.

2 years ago·Canada

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The Independent

Texas considers calling slavery ‘involuntary relocation’ in school textbooks

Democrat on education board says ‘that’s not going to be acceptable’

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Some Texas schools may call slavery 'involuntary relocation'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as “involuntary relocation” under new social studies standards proposed to the state's education board.

2 years ago·United States

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USA Today

Texas educators propose referring to slavery as 'involuntary relocation' in public schools

A group of nine educators submitted the idea to the State Board of Education as part of Texas' efforts to develop new social studies curriculum.

2 years ago·United States

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KRDO

A group of Texas educators proposed using the term 'involuntary relocation' rather than slavery when teaching 2nd graders

By Raja Razek, CNNA workgroup developing a second-grade social studies curriculum for the Texas State Board of Education last month suggested using the term “involuntary relocation” to describe people who were sold into slavery, the board’s chair said, amid national debates on the role of critical race theory in classrooms.The proposed phrase was part of the initial draft outlining the second-grade standards from a review committee that included…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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