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New Mexico Moves Forward With Revised Social Studies Standards Despite Backlash

SANTA FE, N.M. — As conservative-run states across the U.S. move to

restrict discussion of race, gender, and identity in the classroom,

progressive-run states are trying to prioritize those discussions. In

New Mexico, education officials are moving forward with a social studies

curriculum that increases focus on identity, race and “privilege or

systemic inequity.” That's despite pushback from conservative groups and

many white and Hispanic parents who find the new focus divisive.

Authors of the new standards, mostly social studies teachers themselves,

say students need to explore the roles of different cultures to see

themselves in the classroom and to thrive in a multicultural society.