The Colorado Constitution rightly leaves the details of classroom curriculum to local individuals elected to school boards. Nevertheless, the Legislature should instruct the Colorado State Board of Education to issue guidelines and standards so schools will be more likely to teach on this topic.

Children need to know the history of genocides and what leads to them. They need to learn that genocides happen quietly, thriving under the cover of ignorance. By the time Hitler had killed millions, The New York Times and other American media had barely covered the story.

While teaching of past genocides, schools should also instruct about human rights atrocities occurring today — under cover of ignorance. Just as Americans were woefully ill-informed of Hitler’s mass killings, they know little about the mounting slaughter of Christians and others for their beliefs throughout much of the world today.

“Christian persecution ‘at near genocide levels’ ” explains a 2019 headline of the BBC.

The story cites a report ordered this year by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

The British report, just like a recent report by the U.S. government, found Christians are the most persecuted demographic in the world.

The British report says “genocidal acts against Christians” threaten the disappearance of Christianity throughout much of the Middle East. It documents that Christians suffer 80% of the global totality of religious persecution.

Pew Research found Christian harassment and persecution widespread in 144 countries, making Christians the world’s “most widely targeted” sectarian demographic. World Watch List 2019 documents persecution affecting 245 million Christians.

Hunt said “political correctness” has kept the genocide from generating mainstream media coverage. Apparently it is rude, insensitive and nonwoke to expose non-Christian perpetrators of mass murder and other violent acts.