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Students and Teachers Urge Board to Revise Youth‑Vote Resolution; Item Sent to Curriculum Committee
Summary
Students and history‑department chairs told the San Francisco Board of Education on May 22 that the board’s draft Youth Vote resolution omits teacher‑recommended classroom time and key elements of a memorandum of understanding; the board referred the resolution to the curriculum committee for further work.
The San Francisco Board of Education held a first reading May 22 of a resolution urging the district to implement a youth‑vote program and an annual voting curriculum in high schools and then referred the item to the curriculum committee for further development.
Pete Hammer, the district’s history and social studies content specialist, told the board that teachers and students worry about rushing classroom instruction before students are ready. "Asking students to vote on candidates for public office and local and state referendums when they lack…
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