Jon and all,

This devaluing of history, especially local and Virginia History, is a
troubling trend in the state's public education system. For over a decade,
the Thomas Balch Library gave an award to the best local history project in
the Loudoun County Public Schools Social Science Fair. Beginning in 2012,
the school system's social science coordinator informed the library
director that there were no more projects in local and Virginia
History--the emphasis in teaching had shifted now to "global citizenship."
Well, it's all well to be informed about the world but I think you need
some grounding in the place you live and how that connects you to the
world. Thomas Jefferson was a citizen of the world but he knew first, and
was secure in that knowledge, that he was a citizen of Virginia and a
resident of Albemarle County.

Jim Hershman


On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thoughtful remarks about history/social studies curricula in Commentary
> section of today's Times-Dispatch, but I wish the paper had also identified
> the 15 additional Virginia scholars represented only by "el al."
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> http://m.timesdispatch.com/opinion/their-opinion/testing-times-teaching-history-social-science-creates-informed-citizenry/article_db50a307-689a-589f-a071-32ddf6d5c7a3.html?mode=jqm
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