BHM Shenanigans, and 230,000 Missing Kids from American Schools - Passing Period #90

This Week: Sometimes you just gotta trust the youth. Hundreds of kids at a Tuscaloosa, AL high school walk out in protest after their school administration allegedly told them to not include any content from before 1970 in their Black History Month program. The College Board gets in on the fun with a flimsy response to the Florida DOE that does nothing to dispute that they capitulated to right wing extremism and white supremacists in redacting their African American Studies curriculum. Also, some fascinating reporting from the AP and Stanford reveals hundreds of thousands of kids we would expect to be attending public school based on pre pandemic data are “missing” school rosters as of the 21-22 school year.  But does the data raise more questions than answers?  Manuel and Jeff discuss. Get your All of the Above swag, including your own “Teach the Truth” shirt! In this moment of relentless attacks on teaching truth in the classroom, we got you covered. https://all-of-the-above-store.creator-spring.com Passing Period is an AOTA podcast extra that gives us a chance to check-in, reflect, and discuss powerful stories in between our full episodes. Watch, listen and subscribe to make sure you don't miss our latest content! Website: https://AOTAshow.com Stream all of our content at: linktr.ee/AOTA Watch at: YouTube.com/AlloftheAbove Listen at: apple.co/38QV7Bd and anchor.fm/AOTA Follow us at: Facebook.com/AOTAshow and Twitter.com/AOTAshow