Educator monitors review of social studies curriculum in Texas
July 27th, 2009
John Fea, associate professor of American history, has been monitoring how a review board appointed by the Texas Board of Education is considering adjusting their state’s social studies curriculum. Some of the controversial decisions of the reviewers are bringing attention to the role of history in school curriculum. Fea voices his opinion in a July 26 op-ed in the Houston Chronicle; he writes, “History, when taught correctly, has the power to transform us, regardless of the subject matter. It forces us to put aside our own selfishness and see ourselves as part of a human story that is larger than the contemporary moment in which we live.”
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