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Article: Big Brother's new classroom; Political correctness takes over education.(OPED)(POLITICAL BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 29, 2003
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Byline: Arnaud de Borchgrave, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
In her introduction titled "Forbidden Topics, Forbidden Words," Diane Ravitch, the nationally renowned educator and historian, describes how she "stumbled upon an elaborate, well-established protocol of beneficent censorship, quietly endorsed and broadly implemented by test publishers, textbook publishers, states and the federal government." What she next writes should send a shiver down the backs of parents with school children:
"What I did not realize was that educational materials are now governed by an intricate set of rules to screen out language and topics that might be considered controversial or ...