Wisconsin schools required to teach Holocaust under new law
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Wednesday requiring Wisconsin middle and high school social studies classes to teach the Holocaust and other genocides.
Wisconsin joins 17 other states that require Holocaust education, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An 18th state, Arkansas, has a law taking effect next year.
“This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic, and more inclusive,” Evers said in a statement.
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You might not know that itâs against Wisconsin law for a public school to start a new school year before Sept. 1. In light of learning losses as a result of the virtual-only learning forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, some school districts are seeking an exemption. We think such exemptions should be allowed for the 2021-22 school year.
Mark Gruen, district administrator for the Royall School District in Elroy, summed up the past 12 months as âextremely challenging,â the Wisconsin State Journal reported April 12.
Gruenâs district halted in-person classes in March 2020, after Gov. Tony Eversâ order closed schools for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. While Royall reopened last fall with public health precautions in place, some students have continued taking online courses and many have faced a loss of learning. âWeâve got some kids who are lagging behind,â Gruen said.
April 15, 1940 - April 19, 2021
Milton, WI - Lysabeth N. Wilson, of Milton, WI, departed peacefully in the quiet afternoon hours of April 19, 2021, at Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville, WI, due to complications from a stroke; her beloved immediate family was by her side to see her reach another year past eight decades just four days earlier. She was born in Lincoln, NE on April 15, 1940 to Svend and Lois Nielsen, of Weeping Water, NE.
Lys graduated from Elmwood, NE High School in 1958 as a scholar and member of the National Honor Society. She obtained a Bachelor s Degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1962, and did additional graduate work at Western Illinois University. Lys went on to teach 3rd Grade at three Iowa school districts, noted as an expert in cursive writing technique until 1975. Lys was also noted for giving seminars on bullying, including gay/lesbian discrimination, as she was trained for such at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. Lys followed he