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Texas’ tall tales won’t pollute our texts
- 09-30-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Gov. Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would ensure that the Texas Board of Education’s revisionist view of American history won’t taint California textbooks. Schwarzenegger called SB 1451 “duplicative and unnecessary.” It probably was unneeded though not necessarily for the reasons he cited. Last year, Schwarzenegger suspended the state Curriculum Commission for four years, making it unlikely that the state’s 10 year-old history and social science standards will be changed for years to come. So much for learning about American history post-Bush v Gore. (more…)
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