On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:38:42 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>>>I'm not sure whether it's still true, but the explanation for that used
>>>to be that the American Legion (and other special interest groups)
>>>dictated what should appear in high-school textbooks. (Actually, given
>>>the fact that some are required to include "Creationism" as a serious
>>>scientific alternative to Evolution, one wonders how our young get ANY
>>>meaningful education at ALL!)
>>>>
>>
>>Ah now the great American Legion Conspiracy. No proof at all as usual
>>I suppose.
>
>Come come. You don't really think the public school textbook
>selection process is totally untainted by interest groups, do
>you? There is considerable literature on the attempts of special
>interests to influence, e.g., the selection of textbooks in
>Texas, a state where one statye committe selects textbooks for
>the entire state.
No, but I have never seen any evidence of an American Legion dictation
either, which is what she said.
>
>Between the wars, in the 1920s and 1930s, the American Legion was
>quite a powerful group, looking for signs of unpatriotism.
Lots of groups run around with all kind of agendas all the time
including the National Education Association itself. That doesn't
mean they dictate what goes on in educational literature. |