The article is completely biased. Not one example of why the curriculum was scrapped, just complaints about it being dropped from one person.
1. Lower pass rates were one reason. Big deal for a lot of school districts, especially when failure on CSCOPE end of year exams next year means kids are held back, regardless of grades.
2. Parents not allowed to see a child’s lessons until a child brings back graded tests. This infuriates parents who gave feedback on text books, but cannot see the lessons. Nor are tutors given access to these lessons.
3. Teachers cannot get fired for yelling at kids or failing to teach, but post a picture of a confusing math problem or convoluted English lesson and you get fired. Unions don’t like this.
Right. And in digging on the web for examples, the Huffpost cited an investigation AFTER the curriculum had been changed.
Among the controversies had been teaching the Boston Tea Party as an example of terrorism (not non-violent protest) and reportedly coursework on Islamic law that had some(?) students being made to wear burqas in class.
Of course the educrats say that there is nothing to see here (sorry we got caught). None of the concerns were addressed explicitly in the news item(s), just notice that the lesson plans had been altered in light of criticisms.