California Districts Struggle To Interpret Gay History Law

The Los Angeles Times (10/17, Watanabe) reports that as California schools move to implement a new law "requiring public schools to teach all students...about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans in history classes," "administrators are flummoxed" about including such curriculum. "Educators across the state don't have much time to figure it out. In January, they're expected to begin teaching about LGBT Americans under California's landmark law, the first of its kind in the nation." The article focuses on confusion over what material is appropriate for what grade, adding that "districts will have little help in navigating this sensitive and controversial change, which has already prompted some parents to pull their children out of public schools."