The Outcome Of Reconstructed History Course Material

Professor Hellwig English 101 3 May 2016 The Outcome of Reconstructed History Course Material Education is very important this day and age, especially in our society and culture. However many textbooks that are being used in American history classes are being reconstructed or rejected. These materials range from that of which local communities, state school boards, teachers and parents have decided is inappropriate for children to be learning, such as nudity, or teaching subjects that some may find objectionable, for instance evolution versus creationism. However censorship, the reconstruction, and rejection of course material in American schools, tend to be more prevalent in social, political and religious issues, with many materials†¦show more content†¦The outcome of this could be extremely positive and should be enforced by the federal government. However rather recently, our current President Barak Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act turning all of the decision making power on education back in to the states hands. This new law will supposedly end more than, â€Å"A decade of what critics have derided as one-size-fits-all federal policies dictating accountability and improvement for the nations 100,000 or so public schools.† (Associated Press, NBCNews) What many people believe might be good thing could possibly have a very negative outcome in the future. By examining Texas, a state that had originally rejected Common Core, we can almost exactly how this might turn out and the consequences that it might have for the rest of United States. â€Å"Texas combines a rigidly thematic and theory-based social studies structure with a politicized distortion of history†(excellencemedia) The result of such structured curriculum, avoiding clear historical explanations while offering misrepresentations throughly in this way is unwieldy troubling and dangerous. In the United States; forty-two states, The District of Columbia, four territories, along with the Department of Defense Education Activity, have adopted the Common Core State Standards. Each State or territory that has adopted the