New Report Critical of Lack of Reconstruction Education in Middle and High Schools

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Written By Mykella Palmer

By Patrick Young | January 12, 2022 | The Reconstruction Era Blog

The progressive Zinn Education Project has a new report out on the state of Reconstruction education in American schools. Here is a list of the report’s authors and advisors.

The report asks four fundamental questions:

Do state social studies educational standards for K–12 schools recommend or require students to learn about Reconstruction?

Is the content that state standards recommend or require on Reconstruction historically accurate and reflective of modern scholarship?

What would an ideal set of historically accurate state standards on Reconstruction look like?

What are some efforts underway to give the Reconstruction era the time and perspective it deserves?

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