Conversations on Race and Education

Beginning in the fall of 2020, ESCC began hosting a series of conversations on race, appropriately named, "Community Conversations on Race".  The conversations are held via ZOOM and open to the public. In addition to the college community anyone on the Eastern Shore may participate in the conversations. 

The committee membership is now interested in knowing more about specific areas of interest that intersect with race and the current climate of race relations on the Shore.  This survey is specifically designed to capture community thoughts and attitudes on the topic of education and how it relates to race in curriculum, history, classroom instruction, books and printed instructional materials, and teaching and learning.

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* 1. Parental rights in schools and in the classroom seem to be a hot button issue when it comes to discussing race and educating children about race-related issues. What do you think the rights of parents should be in these circumstances?

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* 2. Ideally, what topics do you think children should be exposed to regarding race in school and at what grade level? Please be specific.

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* 3. What topics, currently not taught in school, do you think children should be taught or have access to about race? And, at what grade level?

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* 4. What topics in school are off limits or that you think should require require parental permission to discuss in the classroom regarding race?

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* 5. The issue of banning certain books in schools has been a topic for many years in the United States.  How do you feel about banning books in schools and libraries?

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* 6. How do topics in the classroom and library broaden thinking about race if books on the subject are banned?

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* 7. If you were able to construct curriculum about the topic of race for use in the classroom, what might that curriculum look like?  Please be as specific as you can.

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* 8. What is your educational background?

  Less than high school High school graduate Some college College graduate Graduate or professional degree
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* 9. What is your age?

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* 10. What is your gender?

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* 11. What is your race?

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