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Transcript: National History Standards Anger Some Parents
- Article from:
- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- October 13, 1995
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A national commission to develop standards for American history taught
in public schools has raised concerns among conservative parents who
are unhappy with some religious and ethnic parts of the plan.
NOAH ADAMS, Host: It's All Things Considered. I'm Noah Adams.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And I'm Robert Siegel. A year ago, the National
Center for History in the Schools at U.C.L.A. released national standards
for teaching history. The document proposed that American students
learn how to analyze and interpret history, rather than just memorize
dates and names. In its examples of suggested subjects, though, it
ignored many prominent white American heroes, ...