Trying to eliminate protest and civil disobedience from the history books?

[marmar]

DENVER (AP) — A fight in Colorado over how United States history is taught is coming to a head in suburban Denver on Thursday, with students and teachers expected to pack a school board meeting where the controversial changes could face a vote.

Turnout is expected to be so high that the teachers union plans to stream video from the meeting room — which holds a couple hundred people — on a big screen in the parking lot outside. Students are making plans to start their protests early in the day.

Students across a majority of the 17 high schools in Colorado's second-largest school district have walked out of classes in droves over the past few weeks, waving signs and flags in protests organized by word of mouth and social media.

The protests started Sept. 19, when the Jefferson County school board proposed creating a committee to review texts and course plans, starting with Advanced Placement history, to make sure materials "promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights" and don't "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law." ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/jefferson-county-school-board-fight_n_5920574.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013

[FiveGoodMen]

1. I think that's the Ministry of Truth at work

[whathehell]

2. Yes. They're not supposed to be "promoting" anything, they're supposed to tell the Truth.

1984, you were a little early, but it seems you arrived. What crap.

[shenmue]

4. Oh yeah

Let's have our kids learn *less*! That'll help!

[Nye Bevan]

3. Since when should the teaching of history "promote" any particular world view? (nt)

[shenmue]

5. Zing

You are correct for 500 points.