9/11 Attack Isn't Required In Colorado Public Schools Curriculum. Here's How Some Instructors Teach It

By Kati Weis, CBS Denver:

(CBS4) – In Colorado there are no state standards for teaching about the 9/11 terror attacks in schools, meaning depending on the district, school, or teacher students could have a very different understanding of what took place. That’s something that troubles some teachers, knowing the generation of students now in grade school weren’t even born when the attacks happened.

Nationwide, only 14 states require 9/11 to be taught – and according to a 2017 study – 26 states mention 9/11 as a part of a teaching standard, sub-standard, or example. Colorado isn’t one of them.

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