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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it true that they left out MLK? [/quote]

Yes, Any mention of MLK is being removed in every grade but kindergarten.[/quote]

Is there any indication that the mentioning of MLK Jr is FORBIDDEN, rather than not required or specifically highlighted?
I suspect many will still cover him. Maybe not as many lessons all month long....and I think that's perfectly reasonable, actually. The whole month of January doesn't need to be about MLK Jr. There are a lot of other prominent figures that could be given more attention.
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They said that they accidentally committed MLK. To me that means they are either incompetent or didn't think he was important enough to include and then has an oh s#$t moment when questions started getting asked. [/quote]

I agree with the previous poster.  Including MLK during the lessons about the Civil Rights movement is more meaningful than just talking about him every February.  My kids knew who Rosa Parks and MLK were before they knew we had a civil war or that we had ended slavery and segregation.  That doesn't make sense at all.  [/quote]

That makes perfect sense, except he was included in the new curriculum at all after K[/quote]

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