Word: sobol
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...multiculturalism is again in the glare of public attention, thanks to the release of a report recommending changes in the way social studies are taught in New York State public schools. State Education Commissioner Thomas Sobol, responding to complaints from a number of minority groups, chose a panel of 24 educators to review the curriculums in history and related courses. One of their tasks was to suggest innovations that would improve students' understanding of "the cultures, identities, and histories of the diverse groups which comprise American society today." Some critics predicted that the report, a year in preparation, would...
They were right, although this report avoids the blistering tone of an earlier Task Force on Minorities, also commissioned by Sobol, that hit its controversial stride in the opening sentence: "African-Americans, Asian- Americans, Puerto Rican/Latinos and Native Americans have all been the victims of an intellectual and educational oppression that has characterized the culture and institutions of the United States and the European American world for centuries...