On the anniversary of the terror strikes that hit the United States on September 11, 2001, Pennsylvania schools will now be required to observe a moment of silence and offer the option of offering students more information about the day’s profound impact on American politics and life.
Gov. A bill that the Pennsylvania Department of Education has approved into law by Joseph Shapiro on Monday instructs the state to establish a model education for teaching individuals about the impact of September 11
The costs, introduced by State Rep. Jim Haddock, D., Luzerne, in May 2023 and overwhelmingly passed in the state House and Senate earlier this month, requires the knowledge department to determine this education within a year. According to the costs, the curriculum should take into account the historical perspective of violence and the problems that started with the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93, which finally crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
” We’re hoping that it’s taught that each person should remember the events of that day and the ramifications … this affected a global economy at that point, so the ramifications are far reaching” Haddock said in an interview.
Education should also cover the treatment and recovery of the United States from the attacks as well as the challenges and consequences that exist worldwide. The two decades of war in Afghanistan, which started just days after the invasion, resulted in nearly 3, 000 deaths, and dozens more. Among the victims who died on 9/11 were 58 Colonists, 18 of them from Bucks County.
Despite the mandated recognition of this innovative curriculum, Pennsylvania schools— including public school districts, charter schools, digital contract schools, or middle unit or tech schools — can use the materials provided on a volunteer basis.
Haddock individually would have preferred to have the education be required in schools, but worries about underfunded mandates finally persuaded him to create participation volunteer and thus more “palatable” in the end.
In a blog on X Monday evening, Shapiro stressed the value of raising awareness of the terror attacks for the coming years.
” It’s on all of us to tell our shared story, because remembering provides we never forget”, he wrote.
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