I went to Open House at my son's high school last night. I met
excellent teachers who are doing a good job. However, as usual, I
found the English curriculum to be severely lacking, even shameful.
In my son's Advanced Placement English course, there is not a single
major work by an author of color or by a women, not even by a US
author! This is shameful. The students are the future leaders of
our society and in this Advanced Placement course, they do not
receive any information about the point of view of authors of color,
or women. How can they possibly understand (if they are White) how
racism affects our society?
Is there anyone out there who is already or will take on challenging
the College Board and/or the National Council of Teachers of English
to do something about this situation? I know that progress can be
made. Witness the announcement last week by University of California
President Atkinson that he opposes the use of the SAT test for
admission to the University of California.
Sincerely,
Julian Weissglass
Director, National Coalition for Equity in Education
(http://www.math.ucsb.edu/NCEE)
CECIMS/MATH
University of California, Santa Barbara, Ca 93106
Phone: 805-893-7722
Fax: 805-893-2190
email: weissgla@math.ucsb.edu
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