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...That hasn’t slowed us,” Lapp said. “In fact, it’s challenged...
...earlier version of the Mar. 24 news article "Minow Joins Protest of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' incorrectly stated that military recruiters were currently banned from Harvard's campus. In fact, in response to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, military recruiters were temporarily banned from the Law School's campus until...
It’s tempting and easy to consider one interpretation of American history an unequivocal fact. A thorough reading of Howard Zinn’s "A People’s History of the United States" can make a lasting impression on the reader’s sense of the past. However, this is but a singular lens through which to view a very abstract construct. Someone studying the more conservative interpretation offered by Larry Schweikart’s "A Patriot’s History of the United States" will hold a countervailing perspective on the events that shaped this...
While critics allege that the Board is advancing a conservative agenda, some of the proposed nuances to the teaching of American history may, in fact, provide a fuller analysis of events to the curriculum. For instance, Cold War historians of either political persuasion have long believed that the Venona documents—recordings of Americans who spied for the Soviet Union during the McCarthyism era—deserve mentioning in textbooks. Also, while the inclusion of the Black Panthers in discussions of the civil rights movement may taint its image somewhat, it is nevertheless crucial to understanding the evolving militancy...
...earlier version of the Mar. 24 news article "Young Expands Initiative to All Grades" stated that the Cambridge School Committee is considering converting the the Peabody School from K-4 to K-8. In fact, the Peabody School is already a K-8. The proposal discussed would in fact move fifth through eighth grade classes for students with emotional disabilities from two other schools to the Peabody School...