{"id":30,"date":"2021-05-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go.southernct.edu\/realtalk\/captivate-podcast\/unmuting-the-voices-of-american-history-in-connecticut-high-schools-dr-carlos-torre"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:40:18","slug":"unmuting-the-voices-of-american-history-in-connecticut-high-schools-dr-carlos-torre","status":"publish","type":"captivate_podcast","link":"https:\/\/go.southernct.edu\/realtalk\/episodes-list\/unmuting-the-voices-of-american-history-in-connecticut-high-schools-dr-carlos-torre\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUnmuting\u201d Voices in American History: Dr. Carlos Torre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfm-player-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/42ab4479-0754-490f-8ce9-7fce5b48acb6\"><\/iframe><\/div><p>Connecticut high schools will be required to offer African-American, Black, Puerto Rican, and Latino studies beginning in Fall 2022 \u2013 becoming the first state in the nation to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Here to discuss the significance of this new law, signed into effect in December 2020, is Carlos Torre, professor of curriculum and learning and former president of the Board of Education for New Haven Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Torre earned a master&#8217;s in education, a certificate in advanced study, and a doctorate of education from Harvard University. 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