'Inappropriate and racist content': Some schools cancel online curriculum Acellus as COVID-19 back to school kicks off

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As millions of students begin the semester online, a number of schools have terminated contracts with an online learning company following reports that some lessons included racist and sexually suggestive content.

One lesson posted by activists depicted one animal character asking a pig in make-up why she's called “sweetie lips,” to which the pig blushed and replied,"Don't ask. We're not even going there.”

The Hawaii Department of Education said it has used the content for 10 years and didn't receive any complaints until the recent campaign. racist and sexist content, and some of its material is simply outdated."It is, in fact, similar to textbooks in popular use," he said, even though some of their content may be dated.

For some schools, the termination of their contracts with Acellus occurred weeks before the online school year began. For others, like La Mesa-Spring Valley School District in San Diego, the change occurred just days before school started., and within the afternoon had called meetings and contacted Acellus, said Deann Ragsdale, an assistant superintendent at La Mesa-Spring Valley.

 

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