NH Implements Holocaust and Genocide Education Mandate
Press Release from NH State Senator Jay Kahn The NH state legislature established in 2020 a requirement that an adequate education incorporate “knowledge of civics and government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education to enable student to participate in the democratic process and to make informed choices as responsible citizens.” (RSA 193-E:2) That legislation also established a Commission on Holocaust and Genocide Education “to study best practices for teaching students how intolerance, bigotry, antisemitism, and national, ethnic, racial, or religious hatred and discrimination have evolved in the past, and can evolve into mass violence and genocide, such as […]