Republicans throw a conniption over the teaching of U.S. history

[applegrove]

Republicans throw a conniption over the teaching of U.S. history

by Michael Hiltzik at the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-republicans-throw-a-conniption-20140819-column.html#page=1

"SNIP...........................

The RNC calls for Congress to de-fund the College Board, an independent body, until the course material can be "rewritten...to accurately reflect U.S. history without a political bias."

You can see what's happening here: it's a continuation of the old culture wars, transplanted to the AP history classroom and slathered over with political foam. One would expect the College Board, in the name of sound pedagogical principle, to treat this uproar with the inattention it deserves.


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He suggested that the document's treatment of World War II was limited to a line about how "wartime experiences, such as the internment of Japanese Americans, challenges to civil liberties, debates over race and segregation, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb raised questions about American values" (which sounds accurate enough).

But he doesn't mention that the very next passage in the framework is this: "The United States and its allies achieved victory over the Axis powers through a combination of factors, including allied political and military cooperation, industrial production, technological and scientific advances, and popular commitment to advancing democratic ideals."




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[Viva_Daddy]

1. I'm sorry, Republicans. History has a liberal poliical bias. Wrong is still wrong.

After all, the PURPOSE of studying history is to LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES, not to repeat them.

[Rex]

2. Why are republicans so fucking stupid, well here is a good example.

They will rewrite history to be so warped and inane, that we will be guaranteed our future populations will thrive in an idiocracy type of government. Unless they get us all killed first.