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Article: Statement by Undersecretary of Education Marshall Smith on Proposed U.S. History Standards
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- October 26, 1994
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement
by Undersecretary of Education Marshall Smith on release of
proposed U.S. History standards:
The proposed U.S. history standards released by the UCLA
National Center for History in the Schools represents the work
of a wide cross-section of historians and teachers who have
participated in this effort to encourage and advance the study
of history in the American classroom.
The funding and selection of the grantee for this project was
approved in December 1991 by Lynne vs. Cheney, the former Chairman
of the National Endowment for the Humanities in conjunction
with then-Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
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