http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/1...ry-textbook-blatantly-biased-critics-say.html Anti-Trump American history textbook 'blatantly biased,' critics say By Caleb Parke | Fox News High school history textbook takes jabs at President Trump and his supporters. A new Advanced Placement honors American history textbook has not been distributed to students yet but it’s already stirring controversy for being anti-Trump and suggesting his supporters are angry xenophobes. Tarra Snyder, a student at Rosemount High School in Minnesota, who saw a copy of the book sent to her school, told Fox News she was “appalled” after seeing how “blatantly biased” the newest edition of “By the People: A History of the United States” was toward Trump and his voters. She said it also glossed over all issues then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced during her campaign. "There are specific parts where it goes off the rails from a historical textbook toward an op-ed," Snyder told Fox News. The textbook – published by British-owned, Pearson Education, and authored by New York University professor James Fraser – is currently being pitched to public high schools in an effort to get them to buy the latest edition. Pearson spokesman, Scott Overland, told Fox News the textbook was “developed by an expert author and underwent rigorous peer review to ensure academic integrity.” He added that it was “designed to convey college-level information to high school students” and “aims to promote debate and critical thinking by presenting multiple sides” of the 2016 election. Overland added that they welcome feedback for their texts and are willing to meet with concerned parents and teachers “as a part of our longstanding commitment and track record of providing unbiased and accurate materials.” A new AP history textbook that covers the 2016 election is coming under fire for being "blatantly biased" against Trump and his supporters. (Courtesy of Terra Snyder) Alex Clark, co-host of The Joe and Alex Show on WNOW in Indianapolis, Ind. tweeted the book was the latest example of “an effort going on in public school to indoctrinate kids with an anti-conservative agenda.” The final section of the book, titled “The Angry Election of 2016,” is highly critical of Trump. “Most thought that Trump was too extreme a candidate to win the nomination, but his extremism, his anti-establishment rhetoric, and, some said, his not-very-hidden racism connected with a significant number of primary voters,” Fraser wrote. A new AP history textbook that covers the 2016 election is coming under fire for being "blatantly biased" against Trump and his supporters. (Courtesy of Terra Snyder) Trump voters are described as “mostly older, often rural or suburban, and overwhelmingly white” while the book uses the viewpoint of Clinton voters to describe Trump’s supporters as fearful, backwards, sexist people who supported a mentally ill candidate. “Clinton’s supporters feared that the election had been determined by people who were afraid of a rapidly developing ethnic diversity of the country, discomfort with their candidate’s gender, and nostalgia for an earlier time in the nation’s history,” the textbook says. “They also worried about the mental stability of the president-elect and the anger that he and his supporters brought to the nation.” The book also bashes police for its handling of the Ferguson riots. In a section titled “Black Lives Matter,” Fraser wrote that after the shooting of Michael Brown, Brown’s “parents were kept away at gunpoint.” He paints a negative view of police while glossing over violent tactics carried out by some rioters, critics say. “The nearly all-white police force was seen as an occupying army in the mostly African American town…the police increased the tensions, defacing memorials set up for Brown and using rubber bullets on demonstrators,” he wrote. According to his bio, Fraser wrote the book to “help make U.S. History courses more lively, with a focus on the agency of everyday Americans or many different communities, times, and places.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holocaust-study-millennials/ 4 in 10 millennials don't know 6 million Jews were killed in Holocaust, study shows NEW YORK -- More than one-fifth of millennials in the U.S. -- 22 percent -- haven't heard of, or aren't sure if they've heard of, the Holocaust, according to a study published Thursday, on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. The study, which was commissioned by The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and conducted by Schoen Consulting, also found that 11 percent of U.S. adults overall haven't heard of the Holocaust or aren't sure if they did. Additionally, 41 percent of millennials believe two million Jews or fewer were killed during the Holocaust, the study found. Six million Jews were killed in World War II by Nazi Germany and its accomplices. Two-thirds of millennials could not identify in the survey what Auschwitz was. "The survey found there are critical gaps both in awareness of basic facts as well as detailed knowledge of the Holocaust," said a news release on the findings. A majority of American adults surveyed -- 70 percent -- agreed with a statement reading: "Fewer people seem to care about the Holocaust as much as they used to." And 58 percent of Americans believe that something like the Holocaust could happen again, the survey found. The study on Holocaust awareness and knowledge in the U.S. was conducted between February 23 and 27 and involved 1,350 interviews with American adults 18 and older. "This study underscores the importance of Holocaust education in our schools," Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Claims Conference said in a statement. "There remain troubling gaps in Holocaust awareness while survivors are still with us; imagine when there are no longer survivors here to tell their stories. Israelis stood still on Thursday for a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the Jewish victims, as a two-minute siren wailed across the country and the nation paid respects to those systematically killed. As every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, buses and cars halted on streets and highways and Israelis stepped out of their vehicles, standing with heads bowed in solemn remembrance. The somber day is also marked by ceremonies and memorials at schools and community centers. Restaurants and cafes in the ordinarily bustling streets of Tel Aviv shutter, and TV and radio stations play Holocaust-themed programs. Dignitaries laid wreaths at Yad Vashem, the national Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. A third of the world's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Israel was established afterward in 1948, and hundreds of thousands of survivors fled to the Jewish state.
Even fewer know about Native American genocide or Latin American logwood slave labor camps....I've been around schools and never met a person who was unaware of the Holocaust....although the old guy I've cared for for the last 3 years doesn't know where Maryland is or anything about the world or history...he knows hunting, fishing and baseball.....that's it...he's 84 and a paraplegic ....just because it's 2018 doesn't mean we're that highly evolved as a species...as a parent I've tried to educate ....starts at home..if your kid doesn't know the world....you probably don't read to them or buy encyclopedias and reference materials....I grew up in the rural Midwest....if it weren't for the war....many of those farmers wouldn't know where Germany was on a map back then but they could predict the weather and deliver a calf in the rain
I’m not sure why anyone would be overly outraged by this. The vast majority of American history as taught to virtually every American has been nothing more than a turd dressed in a tuxedo. Most of what we “know” is generally bullshit foisted upon us in order to keep us ignorant and under control. This misinformation forms the underpinnings of “patriotism”. Anyone who thinks they are going to learn actual....and truthful.....history in any country’s schools deserves the “knowledge” they get.
I'm not sure I'm worried about the opinion of "fake schools" or biased media from someone who presents himself as a character, and uses the phrase "real Americans".
Yeah, sadly the history textbooks in our classrooms have always whitewashed the true events of the past, to create an honorable view of country. Much of what is in those books is contrary or vague to create a version of history that covers up much of the dirt, convienently leaving out much of what really happened.
Man! This is the long winded version of Clinton's very succinct and most effective, deplorable label.
Wow! Oh I agree, but I never expected such straight case for moving to a private school system. One where the government has no control.
Try intelligent parenting for starters...if you believe you have a better history or geography book in your mind then write it ...publish it and sell it to your school...on another note....sorry to hear some of your children weren't taught about the Holocaust....mine were. I worked in a school with a horrible English syllabus for second language learning...over a year I wrote my own and it is now taught in several language schools and one university. My ugrade was teaching in context...Asian language students were taught hot dog and hamburger but not rice and noodles in English. Be part of the solution or bitch about the problems...choices
I went to private schools for 12 years. BFD. The “history” we were taught was out of the same books as were used in public schools...after the public schools were done with them in many cases. Sorry, but if you really think private schools are the answer, then you too still have a lot left to learn.
Schools buy books...if you don't like them...attend a school board meeting and request an upgrade before they blow the money on something stupid
Its sad that we have so much politicization of schools that parents are forced to attend a board meeting to make changes. Idc what your political leanings are, these children deserve to be taught in the most neutral of ways. Instead, I grew up with teachers with heavy political biases. No need to make matters worse with biased textbooks.
your comment is fake news, her actual comment was longer and more complex than you seem willing to admit.
This thread is funny. Schools have been a political battle ground for some time. How else can we force indoctrination on our youth? I guess its only a problem when you disagree with the doctrine. http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/o...ational-laughingstock-on-evolution-again.html http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/316487-new-wave-of-anti-evolution-bills-hit-states https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...er-state-law-evolution-religion-a7632931.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/2...it-question-on-teens-homework-assignment.html Florida dad outraged by sexually explicit question on teen's homework assignment By Jennifer Earl | Fox News Omar Austin, of Jacksonville, Fla., holds up his teen daughter's practice test, which, he says, contains a sexually explicit question. (Facebook/Omar Austin) Omar Austin had to do a double take when he spotted a sexually explicit question on his teenage daughter's homework assignment this week. "This needs to be seen. [What the hell] is going on in our schools???" the Florida father asked as he read the question aloud in a video posted to Facebook on Wednesday. The mulitple choice question reportedly read, "Ursula was devastated when her boyfriend broke up with her after having sex. To get revenge, she had sex with his best friend the next day. Ursula had a beautiful baby girl nine months later. Ursula has type O blood, her ex-boyfriend has AB blood and his best friend is type A blood. If her baby daddy is her ex-boyfriend what could the possible blood type(s) of her baby NOT be." As of Friday evening, the video has been viewed more than 500 times and sparked a handful of comments from concerned residents. "Someone actually gets paid to make the test. I'm assuming someone checks the wording of the question? What happened to common sense!" one Facebook user wrote. "Wow... just wow!" another exclaimed. Austin told First Coast News in Florida he immediately contacted the principal at Westside High School in Jacksonville to flag the inappropriate question that was on his eleventh-grade daughter's practice test for her upcoming anatomy exam. “This was a district-generated worksheet that her teacher just printed offline and it was given to the students,” Austin explained to the local news station. “I want it to be acknowledged. I want it to be reviewed. And I want it to be changed." Duval County Public Schools said in a statement obtained by First Coast News that it agreed the question was "highly inappropriate" and confirmed it was not part of a district assessment. "Immediately upon being made aware of this matter, school and district leaders began conducting a review of the situation. Appropriate and corrective action will be taken," the district stated. "We encourage parents to contact their school leaders directly if they ever have any concerns about their child’s school and instructional experience so that we can immediately work to problem-solve." Austin called the "biased" question "sad and a disgrace to our educational system." He said he hopes the school will be more careful in the future and thoroughly read every assignment they pass out to high schoolers. "I think that we can do better," he added. The school district said they don't believe the inapropriate worksheet was passed out to any other schools but they are still investigating.
