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Parents and residents urge board to re-evaluate DBQ teacher training and request review of ‘pervasively vulgar’ books
Summary
Public speakers urged the board to reconsider a proposed $23,000 training for the Document-Based Questions (DBQ) project and requested the district agendize removal or review of books they described as 'pervasively vulgar' in K–12 collections; trustees did not take action at the meeting.
Two public-comment items at the July 30 Pomona Unified board meeting pressed the district on curriculum materials and teacher training.
Max Herr, a resident, asked trustees to reconsider a line-item (identified in his remarks as agenda item 7.67) that would fund teacher training for the DBQ (Document-Based Questions) project. Herr said he opposes the DBQ training—he quoted sample DBQ prompts and argued teachers selecting primary and secondary sources could bias student outcomes. He…
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