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Illinois is the first state in the nation to require Asian American history in classrooms

Illinois is the first state in the country to require students to learn about Asian American history. The new law doesn’t specify a particular curriculum and, as Susie An of WBEZ reports, teachers are figuring out how to teach it.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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