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Board approves revised social studies standards with additions naming antisemitism
Summary
The board approved revised Iowa academic standards in social studies with two clarifying additions from the Antisemitism Task Force that explicitly reference antisemitism in historical and contemporary contexts related to Holocaust education; department said additions are clarifications in the standards' disciplinary-content column, not changes to the standard codes.
The State Board of Education voted Jan. 14 to approve revised Iowa academic standards in social studies with two clarifying additions recommended by the state’s Antisemitism Task Force.
Stephanie Wagner, administrative consultant in the Bureau of Rights and Learner Supports, said the additions are not new numbered standards but clarifying examples placed in the…
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