One of these days I will try to put together a list of state education boards trying to change their history curriculums so that students do not come face to face with the many sins of America’s past. Texas will […]
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What do the Virginia history standards say about African Americans?
Mel Leonor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports on the Virginia African American History Education Commission recent report on the Virginia state history standards. It found some serious problems. For example, the standards suggest that slavery was not the cause of the Civil War. […]
Great Britain’s History Wars
When it comes to pundits and politicians decrying the lack of historical knowledge among young people, there is nothing new under the sun. Writing at The Times Literary Supplement, David Cannadine, author of the recent The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond […]