As a district, Minneapolis Public Schools does not have an established curriculum or any existing standard mandating the teaching of LGBTQ+ history. This negatively affects all queer students and our city’s community as a whole. When students don’t see themselves represented in their education, they tend to check out during class. Including LGBTQ+ history in our schools will engage students while allowing them to see themselves represented in the curriculum. Our schools and their surrounding communities will benefit from more young people actively participating in learning and valuing their education.
The Social Studies Department of MPS must mandate the teaching of LGBTQ+ history at all grade levels as a standard in our schools. Minneapolis Public Schools’ curriculum should include historical figures of diverse genders, racial backgrounds, and socio-economic status. It should include lessons on figures from across multiple time periods and should show that LGBTQ+ history doesn’t exist only for itself or other queer people, but actually impacts our entire global community.
We the undersigned call on the MPS Social Studies Department and the Minneapolis School Board to implement a standard mandating the teaching of LGBTQ+ history and utilize a LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in all MPS schools that address these issues.
Sincerely,
April Mootz
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molleigh hess
Christina Jensen
holly huebner
Sheniqua Jeffrey
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Jp walker
Tiffany M Rapplean
Chip James
Bobbi Siegelbaum
Dani Hofstad
Gordon Wright
Olympia Sparks
maddie southworth
Carolyn Curley
Mollie Kroll
Izzy Popehn
Anika Stensrud
Tove Moen
Sarah LaBarre
Sonya Emerick
Aoife Mokalla
Veronica McHugh
Jennifer Gitschier
misha pivec
Ava Rodriguez
Sarah Walz
Megan Lee
Sophia Case
Libby Kramer
isobel kolstad
Morgan Stascavage
Zoe Gibson
ella kowalczyk
Kit Bix
Elise Legler
leo ryan
Nia Navarro
Marisol Rerucha
Maddie Grahn
Hattie Mackey
Kaisja Robinson
Skylar Owens
Eli Caguin
Maya Burkstrand
Frances Glenn
Lily Gremmels
Madeleine Martin
ruby marshall
Andie Gegax
Morgan Trujillo
Adriana Cerrillo
chelsea cain
ava lindseth
Charlotte McPherson
Arianna Farrell
tori westgate
Maggie Walker
Margo Ball
Fiona Carlson
Sandy Rhein
Annemarie Donnelly
Nancy Ross
John Loflin
Christopher Stewart
Deidre and Ronald Brown
Alyssa Bonnac
Vivian Johnson
Martha Higuera
Wenimo Okoya
Teresa Gendron
Bill Hamm
Robynne Limoges
Sarah Goebel
Jonathan Weinstock
Kathy Shores
Gene Majewski
Robert Fingerman
Roslynn Budoff
Paula Luxenberg
Danielle Cherry
Jesús Cervantes
Khulia Pringle
Coron Brinson
Stephen Paluseo
Karen Jacques
Jason Crawford
Elizabeth Olson
Tania Malven
Monica Allen
Elizabeth Enright
Emmy Higgs Matzner
Lucy Harmon
Alison Robbins
Leslie Weber
Nish John
Maureen Kelleher
Joshua Stewart