Everyone is telling teachers what to teach

September 08, 2005
The Christian Science Monitor
By Stacy A. Teicher


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Illinois takes on genocide

For political leaders, curriculum is one way to signal values. In August, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) signed a law expanding the state's 15-year-old mandate on Holocaust education. Now all students will learn not just about Nazi atrocities but also about genocide in places such as Armenia, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan.
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• Rhode Island has had a law since 2000 requiring the education department to develop material on genocide, human rights, and slavery, including specifics such as the Holocaust, famine in Ireland, genocide in Armenia, and Mussolini's Fascist regime.
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