Most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, AP finds

For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote western Pennsylvania to talk regarding 9/11.

What happened

How best to educate a new generation regarding the attacks 25 years ago? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims' families want students to be informed concerning the dead?

"Even worse than getting started wrong or using inappropriate language is the total omission of telling the story, " Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt died on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, informed teachers in one session. "That's our biggest fear."

Teaching regarding 9/11 in schools is more notable than ever now that regarding one-third of Americans were born after al-Qaida hijackers crashed planes and killed almost 3, 000 individuals in New York, the Pentagon and rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A growing majority of states – at least 40 – expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way, but the provisions vary widely in scope, specificity and framing, The Associated Press has discovered.

The bottom line

In short, most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.