@dianeravitch in pages 19-20 you make clear that you believe our history & literature standards should be more concrete about specific events & books all students should be familiar with. Isn't what is relevant in any genre, topic, or area of study always changing depending upon present circumstances? Also, wouldn't locking everyone into mandatory uniform subject matter be not only a standardization of curriculum but also a standardization of bias? Whose history? Cheney was right to point this out but I think we come to that conclusion together for very different reasons. Just look at what the Texas Board of Education is doing with what concrete events they are mandating and which one's they are cutting. The question of Whose history? goes both ways doesn't it?

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