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[quote=Anonymous]Do pursue it. Squawk loudly!

Year before last, Virginia issued a history textbook, "Our Virginia," to fourth graders. This textbook quickly got big coverage in the Washington Post and on TV for its huge, glaring errors (worst one: Statement that there were "thousands" of black Confederate soldiers) and VA ended up pulling it from classrooms; students used an updated online version of "Our Virginia" for the rest of the school year. Turned out that VA did NOT have a subject matter expert (Virginia history) on its board that supposedly reviews textbooks. So do not lie down and take it if you see errors -- pursue it. Or more "Our Virginias" and their ilk will end up in VA students' hands. Clearly VA does not give textbooks, or other curriculum, the attention needed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101907974.html
This article is early in the debate. Later on, VA pulled the book out of classrooms altogether -- at least, FCPS did. Maybe it remained in use in some areas (sadly).

VA supposedly was going to revamp its approval procedures for materials after this debacle.[/quote]

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