Teachers Shut Down 2 Suburban Denver-Area Schools

[Webster]

...apparently, the students aren't the only ones upset at the proposed curriculum changes in Jefferson County, Co.,..

MSN News: Teachers shut down 2 suburban Denver high schools

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of suburban Denver high school students missed school again Monday as teachers shut down two high schools by calling in sick amid a controversy over proposed changes to an Advanced Placement history class and changes to their pay.

Classes were canceled at Golden and Jefferson high schools after 81 percent and 70 percent of teachers called in sick respectively. Some students who had the day off hit the street to protest against a proposal from the board's new conservative majority to review the history course to make sure it promotes patriotism and doesn't condone social disorder.

At Jefferson High School in Edgewater, about 30 students marched to busy Wadsworth Boulevard and protested in front of the school holding signs such as "We have a right to know history."

At Golden High School, English teacher Tammie Peters told The Denver Post that teachers are "sick of the board majority actions."

The action follows large student walkouts last week over the proposal, which the school board is scheduled to discuss at its meeting Thursday. The waves of protest began after a sickout at two other high schools on Sept. 19 the day after the school board discussed the history proposal as well as backed a plan to link teacher raises to their evaluations. Teachers say that evaluation system is flawed.

The union representing teachers says it didn't organize the sickouts but president John Ford said the union understood the frustration of teachers and the community at large.

"The Board Majority's discussion about censuring the AP History curriculum has hit a nerve with the community that was already raw because of the Board Majority's refusal to listen to the community and their priorities for Jeffco schools," Ford said in a statement.

Thoughts?

 

[+paradox]

thoughts?

that people want to alter, delete, add, lie, with-hold, change, etc. history and the history books that our children is reading and studying and that the teachers, parents and the students don't like it?

sounds about right...

 

[Webster]

thoughts?

that people want to alter, delete, add, lie, with-hold, change, etc. history and the history books that our children is reading and studying and that the teachers, parents and the students don't like it?

sounds about right...

That'd be about right.

 

[Dee]

I think it's absolutely ridiculous that the board would cut out important sections of history, especially history made recently, in favor of cherry picking what they want the students to be knowledgeable on. They would be doing a disservice to the community as opposed to preventing students from revolting by supposedly indoctrinating them with ideas of revolution and disorder. Why else would they want to cut that out of the curriculum? I mean, might as well teach them creationism, and that the dinosaurs never existed.

As difficult as it is to get things done in the classroom in situations like these, I believe something has to be done, and sometimes scheduling a walk-out or a revolt of their own is the only means of properly getting their voices heard against idiot administration.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think it's absolutely ridiculous that the board would cut out important sections of history

Yeah it doesn't make much sense to me either

 

[Dee]

Our education system is already fucked enough as it is, and these idiots want to cherry pick and rob students of a well-rounded education. It's sick, sad, and it should not be stood for. If I were on the staff, I'd sure as hell protest like the administration hopes not to teach students to do. These people are ignorant, and they're not going to get away with such a ridiculous change to the curriculum.