March 14, 2016

Furthermore: Climate denial; History in schools

182 climate changes deniers in Congress

A history teacher on what's happening in schools:  In the final analysis, history remains essential to the democratic process and is too complicated and important to be left to engineers. The struggle and debate over the content of the history curriculum is crucial for defining ourselves as Americans and citizens of the world, and this is a dialogue in which all students need to participate.      

In the final analysis, history remains essential to the democratic process and is too complicated and important to be left to engineers. The struggle and debate over the content of the history curriculum is crucial for defining ourselves as Americans and citizens of the world, and this is a dialogue in which all students need to participate.        - See more at: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/162091#sthash.JmVrF4M2.dpuf

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Also happening in schools:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35788369
The item is titled, "Why is maths education a huge political issue in America?"
Seems that from the British perspective, discarding a single, classical method in favor of a set of six alternative procedural algorithms to accomplish the same task chimes a bit on the absurd.