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Update on the February 6 Legislative Report on N.C. Proposals for Changing the High School History Curriculum

On February 3, 2010 Fox News reported that the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) had proposed only teaching high school history beginning with the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, that would have eliminated instruction on the founding of our nation and all American history prior to 1877.

In a telephone conversation on February 11, a representative from DPI Communications said that DPI had received over 3000 calls and comments in a week and that they are working on a new draft proposal that will split U.S. History into two classes, one from the founding to 1877 and the second from 1877 to date.

On Feb 11, WRAL.com reported opposition on the initial proposal from Holly Brewer, Associate Professor of Early American History at N.C. State University , and from Governor Beverly Perdue.

DPI said there will be several rounds of revision, and that a second draft should be ready for the N.C. Board of Education to review in March. It could take up to a year to finalize the curriculum plans and changes will not be effective until 2013 or later.

The website is: www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2. Or www.ncpublicschools.org (read several prompters to get to the draft 1.0 Revised Social Studies standards.) Some of the ideas for teaching history from 1877 to present are still worrisome as noted in the Feb 6 Legislative Report. Tracy Greggs is the point-of-contact; telephone is 919 807-3836 or email tgreggs@dpi.state.nc.us. Linda Fuller is in DPI Communications, telephone is 919 807-3475. June Atkinson is the State Superintendent, telephone is 919 807-3430.