The state's Education Board reportedly is asking the group of educators to 'reconsider' the proposed phrasing.
AUSTIN, Texas — A group of educators in Texas has proposed a change in the state’s curriculum in which slavery would be referred to as “involuntary relocation” during social studies classes for second-graders.the state’s Board of Education issued a statement late Thursday saying board members have asked the group to reconsider the suggested phrasing.
“I can’t say what their intention was, but that’s not going to be acceptable,” Davis tells the Tribune. The suggested change comes as the board is considering updates to social studies instruction, one year after a law was passed in Texas to keep topics out of classrooms that make students “feel discomfort,” reports say. The board vote on the curriculum in November,This is not the first time Texas has drawn attention with how it refers to the history of slavery. The Tribune reports that in 2015, a social studies book approved by the state referred to slaves as “workers.
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