In an column in the Washington Times (6/23), Suzanne Fields writes about the recent NAEP report on stagnate US history scores, suggesting that "emotional appeals in politically correct courses - women's history, African history, environmental history - take the place of chronological and conceptual study," adding that students "learn how horrible slavery was but spend little time studying the how, why and when we righted that wrong."
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Columnist: "Emotional" History Courses Supplanting Basics
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