SD social studies standards adopted, despite opposition
Many criticized the standards for not being age-appropriate, not coming from majority-educators and not having enough emphasis on Indigenous history.
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Many criticized the standards for not being age-appropriate, not coming from majority-educators and not having enough emphasis on Indigenous history.
The fate of the proposed social studies standards will be determined Monday during a Board of Education Standards meeting in Pierre.
If the standards are approved as they’re written, it will say much about the state’s consideration of the near-thousand opponents of the standards.
The superintendent group joins a coalition of educators, school boards, education groups and the state’s nine tribes in opposition to the standards.
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