Why Students Need to Learn about Reconstruction

By Rann Miller | January 29, 2022 | The Progressive

According to the Zinn Education Project’s data, school districts have failed to cover Reconstruction adequately, as well as address its enduring legacies or to make connections to the present. The report also suggests that teachers are concerned that ongoing political efforts to ban “controversial topics” from the classroom may make discussing Reconstruction even more difficult.

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