The third largest school district in the country has a plurality of Hispanic students, and as a result, Latino and Latin-American studies will be a part of the Chicago Public Schools' curriculum, National Review reports.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Latino Advisory Committee teamed with school officials to create the curriculum, which will have kindergartners learning the Mayan counting system and fifth graders learning about "African influences on South American percussion."
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