TEACHERS STAGE MASS SICK-OUT TO PROTEST CHANGES TO US HISTORY CURRICULUM (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, September 29, 2014, 18:28

High school students in Colorado’s second-largest school district staged a walkout again to demonstrate against proposed changes to a history curriculum. Photograph: RICK WILKING/REUTERS

Two high schools in Jefferson County, Colorado canceled classes Monday after dozens of teachers called in sick in protest of a conservative school board’s proposal to change the history curriculum.

This is the second such teacher sick-out in two weeks and comes on the heels of student walk-outs over the issue. At the two high schools where sick-outs were staged, Golden and Jefferson high school, 73% and 81% of teachers called out, respectively. Unrest is also tied to new teacher evaluations. Negotiations for a new contract between the district and the union broke down last spring.

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