Much of this has to do with the textbook manufacturing industry, and how they select their material. Since the textbook companies, like any other corporation in our country, aim to make money, they cater the material to whichever market is the largest, ignoring the needs of the rest of the country (and our schoolchildren). As a result, the Texas state Board of Education chooses the classroom curriculum for history, and it is typically a politically-charged curriculum with a conservative slant that ignores or revises major portions of our history (I realize that I’m posting this on a conservative web site– but I think we can all agree that we need to bench our political agendas in the name of giving our children a more complete view of history).

Unfortunately, in this case, the problem is that the textbook companies are just doing what corporations in the free market do: seek profit. Nobody can fault them for this– but what, then, is the answer to our problem?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/17/education_too_important_for_a_government_monopoly_104432.html

I was referring to the rally in New Berlin. It was a pleasure to hear you talk. Very educational and enlightening.

Also, today I received two e-mails from my school board members. Follow up on the history text will proceed shortly!!!!