Denver Students Protest Censorship Of History In Curriculum

One poster said Censoring history = No Education.

Another read We deserve to know the truth.

The signs were just a few lining the streets as hundreds of students from at least seven Denver-area schools walked out of their classrooms Tuesday and Wednesday to protest a proposal by a member of the Jefferson County School Board, according to CNN affiliates KDVR and KMGH.

The proposal calls for a new panel to review the schools curricula, but thats not the part that has students and parents outraged.

It is the call for a review of the Advanced Placement curriculum for U.S. history classes to ensure that teaching materials present positive aspects of U.S. history and its heritage. According to the wording of the proposal, teaching materials should promote citizenship, patriotism (and) respect for authority and not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law.

I understand that they want to take out our very important history of slavery and dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because it portrays the U.S. in a negative light, said Casey McAndrew, a high school senior.

Ben Murky, a high school junior, said, The censorship of U.S. history is wrong, and I think its pretty communist.

The protest followed walkouts by students on Monday and a protest Friday, when at least 50 teachers called in sick, according to KDVR.

I think its time we hear from the kids on how its impacting them, because it is, and its very scary for them whats happening here, parent Andrea Stevens said.

Jefferson County Superintendent Dan McMinimee tried to stem the outrage by stressing that no changes in the curriculum have been finalized.

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