K-12 Education: Goodbye Columbus
Peterson is one of the founders of the progressive educational publication, Rethinking Schools. It published the book, Rethinking Columbus, which became an instant best seller starting in the early 90s. It outlined how Christopher Columbus was not a heroic explorer, but rather an exploiter of the riches in the New World, killing and enslaving the peoples of the Caribbean. Given that much of the “rethinking” started in Milwaukee, and that many school districts around the country have already established Indigenous Peoples’ Day, it is surprising that it took so long for MPS to come to ...
Source: urbanmilwaukee.com