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In Virginia, a battle over history standards ends in compromise

The Hechinger Report

Saykhamphone, who has Laotian and Nigerian ancestry, said there are not many other Black or Hispanic students in her accelerated International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, even though 85 percent of the student body is Black, Hispanic or Asian. She believes the newly passed standards are trying to erase division and conflict in history.

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