Education Week: Texas Braces for Debate on U.S. History Standards - The Diigo Meta page

• 21 Aug 09
  

  Michael Fox

  • What the state incorporates into its standards can have nationwide
    significance because publishers often look to Texas, as well as California—the
    two biggest adoption states—when writing textbooks.

  • Some people questioned whether all the experts had the credentials to judge
    social studies standards.
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  • • Mr. Marshall wrote, “To have Cesar Chavez listed next to Ben Franklin is
      ludicrous. Chavez is hardly the kind of role model that ought to be held up to
      our children as someone worthy of emulation.”
    • “who have influenced the community, state, and nation.”

    • Weighing Gravitas

    • They used the word “include” in the standards to mark a historical person
      students would be required to learn about and the phrase “such as” to mark
      someone teachers could choose to mention in their lessons, without requiring it.
    • “you want to have some order out of the chaos,”
• 19 Aug 09
  

  Clay Burell

  history propaganda politics censorship

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