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This proposal calls for instruction about the history of Arab Americans in Illinois and the Midwest as well as the contributions of Arab Americans from the 19th century onward, in social studies classes starting with the 2026-2027 school year.
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Concurrently, the House also passed HB2927,”which requires schools to suspend all instruction in history education.
The State Dept of Education must review comprehensive standards that a school may use as a guide in replacing or developing its curricula for history education.
This state level review could obviously lead to revisionist history being taught in our schools and will likely diminish local control of curriculum.”
Hope this bill was preceded by more emphasis on math, reading and science. Reading skills need to be maximized to understand Arab American history!
This is not in the Middle East. These courses should be elective. Where are the Italian, Irish, Polish, American history courses ? This is discrimination at its finest.
assimilate is the operative word, not subdivide