Under the bill, students could choose to take African American history or Mexican American history instead of World History or World Geography to receive a Social Studies credit toward graduation.
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"The courses have been proven to increase graduation rates, engage students, and increase their likelihood of enrolling in college," said Rep. Morales. "The courses were unanimously approved by Republican and Democratic members of the State Board of Education." Tony Diaz, who teaches the Mexican American history course, says he can tell his students are excited to learn."When I teach these courses I have to tell them class is over, you've got to go, because they really enjoy it," he said."Chinese Exclusion Act, Alien Land Laws, Japanese internment, these were historic community breaking events for us. They are barely footnotes in the pages of our textbooks," said State Rep. Gene Wu . "We want to be more than footnotes.
being wary of these kinds or courses. Democrats will have a hard time pushing them through and finding Republican support," said SMU political science professor Cal Jillson.
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