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In the News: ‘One of the best history classes’: Norwalk students praise Black and Latino history course

PTECH Norwalk social studies teacher Cecile St. Jean speaks with a few of her students from the pilot history course for African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino studies. From left to right, her students are juniors Chance Teel and Julian Rivera, senior Tanajae Foster, and junior Hadiya Vahora.
Emily Morgan /Hearst Connecticut Media

The Norwalk Hour published a story about CT’s Black and Latino Studies Curriculum on November 30, 2021. Emily Morgan reports through student and teacher interviews about the experiences of those directly involved in the course’s first year being offered in CT.

Read the story at The Norwalk Hour

“Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies as part of the curriculum for the school district, pursuant to section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended by this act.”

Connecticut PA 19-12