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Right Side News encourages its readers to view the video clip on DanielPipes.org, and below is from his website.
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In a speech before a Latino group this morning, President Obama laid out what he called "America's education strategy," arguing that raising standards for students and teachers, increasing access to early childhood education, and making college more affordable were key to the country's long-term economic health.
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In his report "Islam in the Classroom: What the textbooks tell us" [PDF] Gilbert T. Sewall says he finds "uniquely disturbing" what he perceives as deficiencies in Islam-related lessons.
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Mar 10, 09
CAMERA, 2009.03.09.
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According to the recently released The Trouble with Textbooks: Distorting History and Religion, textbooks commonly used in America’s schools are misinforming K-12 students about subjects ranging from history to religion and politics.
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Open-source software and hardware are common elements of the technological world. And now the ancient counterparts to these modern products, written books, have finally jumped the gap into open waters as well.
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Mar 06, 09
FOXNews.com, 2009.03.04.
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An education expert is warning that some American textbooks present a biased view of Islam and offer a sugarcoated picture of Islamic extremism, a trend that has parents worried about what's being taught in public schools.
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Mar 05, 09
T.H.E. Journal, 2009.02.
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I will not presume to try to solve the problem; it is extremely complex and the solution probably requires a business model that hasn't been invented yet. However, these are not insignificant cracks in the traditional way of doing business, and they indicate to me that something is breaking, albeit slowly.
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As part of a five-year study launched by the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, an independent think tank based in San Francisco, Ybarra read 28 social studies, history and geography textbooks widely used in both public and private schools nationwide.
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Better to give kids laptops, and dynamic textbooks with high production values (like smARThistory). You could arrange them with assigned lessons that require modules to be checked off. A system of clicks or periodic questions could ensure that the kids are engaged.
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“The way I learned was with a textbook,” said Zazueta, an engineering professor. “I would go sequentially through the material. Today, students create a structure that shifts as they learn more about the subject. Then they fill in the details.”
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Jan 27, 09
Catoosa County News, 2009.01.26.
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Students need to learn what is going on in the world right now. They need to read newspapers in the classroom. They need to have sources like National Geographic at their disposal –not just buried in the library, but open on their desks. NPR and CNN should be played in the classroom from time to time.
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Jan 26, 09
Star Tribune, 2009.01.24.
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The State Board of Education moved a step closer to dropping a 20-year-old science curriculum requirement that critics say is used to undermine the theory of evolution.
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Jan 24, 09
Winston-Salem Journal, 2009.01.24.
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The latest round in a long-running battle over how evolution should be taught in Texas schools began in earnest Wednesday as the state school board heard impassioned testimony from scientists and social conservatives on revising the science curriculum.
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Since 1988, Texas schools have included in their curriculum the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution. Now, the board is considering changing that to teach the Theory of Evolution without its weaknesses.
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Alabama is currently the only state that requires a disclaimer on evolution be included in science textbooks discussing the topic.
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The number of hours online per week continues to increase, to an average of 15.3 hours per week, the highest level in the Digital Future studies.
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One argument as to why things aren’t taught in public schools is the idea of textbook editorial boards, and the business of selling textbooks. Many editorial boards feel that their books won’t sell if the content is controversial (says something bad about certain areas of the country, condemning slavery, for instance).
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Dec 05, 08
The Bulletin - Philadelphia's Family Newspaper, 2008.12.05.
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Consider how the textbooks used by these young children have been subjected to Islamization. A study released in June 2008 by the American Textbook Council, an independent national research organization that evaluates the quality of textbooks, issued a damning report. It found that 10 of the most widely used textbooks in middle schools and high schools "present an incomplete and confected view of Islam that misrepresents its foundations and challenges to international security."
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The game, dubbed “What’s Your iCue?” challenges players to answer multiple-choice questions based on short videos of historic and current events.
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