The law mandates that schools teach 'the contributions of Asian American communities to the economic, cultural, social, and political development of the United States,' in addition to Asian American civil rights advancements.
Illinois has become the first state to mandate that Asian American history be part of its public school curriculum.Asian American history
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Teaching Equitable Asian American History Act into law Friday. Illinois is the first state to require teaching a unit of Asian American history in public schools."A lot of the legislation around these kinds of curricular decisions are often symbolic. They are signals by legislators of priorities and where they stand and about what's important to the state," Warikoo said.
"Some teachers might take it upon themselves to do all this reading in the summer, to pull together materials, to write new curricular content, but for the most part we can't really expect that. And that's not really part of the job," Warikoo said."If there is training and resources provided, I think that is the best way to ensure that it actually has an impact."
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