New history curriculum created to aid anti-racist teaching
(World News USA)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Local teacher Zoë Padrón believes telling a true and complete history of the United States to Albemarle County students prepares them to be citizens of the 21st century. Key, she says, is ‘true and complete,` an aspect not necessarily included in all history curriculum. “Because we must teach them actual history,” said Padrón, a talent development teacher at Western Albemarle High School. “We have to teach them true history. We can`t keep teaching a narrative that prepares them for a world that does not exist.” To do that, Padrón and more than 80 other teachers from around the state worked in late June to write a new U.S. History curriculum that represents diverse...