I would check out the total curriculum for the high school before coming
down too hard on one AP class. Sometimes the "diversity curriculum" is
in another grade level.
Chris Nelson
High School Teacher
Albany, Oregon
Julian Weissglass <weissgla@math.ucsb.edu> wrote:
> 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?.............................
>
> 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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