Eyeownyew

I don't know if any of you have heard about this at all or not, but I'll describe the situation anyway.

Recently, my school district (Jefferson County, Colorado, USA) proposed a change to the AP History curriculum in our district. The proposal would change materials taught in class so that all materials, "promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights." Also, "Materials should not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law."

The full proposal can be found here: http://www.boarddocs.com/co/jeffco/Board.nsf/files/9NYRPF6DED70/$file/JW%20PROPOSAL%20Board%20Committee%20for%20Curriculum%20Review.pdf

The students of my school district have been protesting this change greatly, as we believe it will lead to mass censorship of our education. Not many materials taught in an AP class fit the criteria given. We believe, however, that it is our right to know about our history. We need help getting this information out there. Media coverage is essential, and it seems that you would all have a lot to say about this.

A few stories by local papers can be found here and here.

Since I have to ask questions:

1) Have any of you been hearing about this situation?

2) How do you feel about the possible censorship of education?

3) Would you be willing to help us spread the word about this?

That sounds terrifying... I don't think I could actually go through with this.

Okay, thank you. How do you think we could get more voter involvement? We are trying to progress the movement and we aren't sure what our next steps should be.

Also, I kind of disagree that it's not about censorship -- the proposal states that it wishes to modify the materials in the classroom to better fit what, in their mind, is the ideal education. It sounds far too similar to censorship and any dystopian novel I've ever read to go pass without resistance.

Thank you for your response.

Yes, we agree, and though many of us protesting are graduating this year, we are fighting the changes as much as possible. We have gotten a lot of media coverage but we believe more is still required to feel comfortable that these changes won't go through. We all value our education and the education of the coming generations and are trying our hardest to prevent these changes from going through.

I'm honestly not sure what type of help I need... I'll look into it. If you guys have any ideas I'll try to follow through.