by Fred Jackson
Public school students in New Jersey may never know about some of the nation’s founding fathers, thanks to a new politically correct set of standards for history courses.
For those who have long recognized that many of the nation’s public schools have become the incubators of liberalism, the New Jersey story will probably not come as much of a shock. The Washington Times reports that among other things, the New Jersey Department of Education has removed the names of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin from the new revised version of its history standards. Also excluded are references to the pilgrims and the Mayflower.
There are many critics to the New Jersey move. David Saxe, a Pennsylvania State University education professor who reviews state history standards nationwide, calls it an “historical irresponsibility.”
And Brian Jones of the Education Leaders Council in Washington believes the word “pilgrim” is being dropped because it implies religion — and references to anything about the Bible, he says, are becoming more and more difficult in America's public schools.
(This article courtesy of Agape Press.)
