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While critics condemned earlier drafts for focusing too much on European and US history, the newer version includes references to Asian, African, and Latin American history. "I think we have sacrificed nothing in the way of content and yet responded to a lot of very good criticism," said Abigail Thernstrom, one of three board members who created the new document But many social studies teachers and curriculum planners said the new document is flawed. "Well need students around until they're 23 to teach them all this content," said Peter Manoogian, chairman of the social studies departments at Saugus middle and high schools. Alan Stoskopf, associate program director at, Facing History and Ourselves, a nonprofit teacher-training V- i- rs whose schools lose accreditation, "This recommendation hasiad a chilling effect on superintendents who feel it is a serious overreaction to a problem that is rarely the fault of one person," said Peter R. Finn, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents.
But Board Chairman John R. Silber said he could imagine few situations where school leaders weren't responsible for a school's loss of accreditation. At yesterday's meeting, Silber also said he would continue to press for a board audit of school districts that might be spending state money inappropriately. The board has not yet voted on the audit, which would cost about $2 million. Silber called a similar audit plan by Governor William F.
Wel a "glaring duplication" of his own efforts. But Weld officials said yesterday that they are moving forward with their audit. I GLOBE PHOTO DOMINIC CHAVEZ 1 By Karen Avenoso GLOBE STAFF The latest draft of the state Board of Education's history and social-science standards released yesterday and scheduled to be adopted by all Massachusetts schools starting in September has appeased some critics who argued that earlier versions were Eurocentric, dense and limited. But others are skeptical of the new standards, saying they're so detailed and content-heavy that social-science students will need to stay in school until their The proposed standards, which are expected to be approved by the board next month, were released at a board meeting in Maiden yesterday. Unlike earlier drafts, which read like laundry lists of names and dates for students to master, the new standards include a long section emphasizing the importance of critical thinking such as the ability to analyze, interpret data, and distin- PLEA ENTERED Pasqualino DePace appears yesterday before Judge Gregory C.
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"Some of this is obnoxious tinkering, but some of it seems to violate equal opportunity" rights, said Roger Rice, a lawyer with the Multicultural Education and Training Advocacy group. The proposed regulatory changes come as Weld decides whether to overhaul bilingual education even more drastically by filing legislation this spring that would allow school districts to replace bilingual classes with intensive English-only instruction. Weld filed similar legislation in 1995, but it was defeated by the state's bilingual education lobby. Four public hearings on Anton-ucci's proposals are to begin today and continue through March 26 in Fall River, Boston, Springfield and Selected men's, women's kids factory second 6 discontinued style shoes from Large Selection of Shoes Size AA to EEEE 29 off our regular low N3 factory store prices on all athletic apparel accessories, excluding socks. new balance EDUCATION Continued from Page Bl Education Commissioner Robert V.
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"There is sufficient evidence that limited-English children are not learning English quickly enough and, in some cases, are not learning it at said Michael Sentance, Governor William F. Weld's education adviser. While officials publicly argue they only want to improve education for bilingual students, privately they appear to be leaning toward dismantling a bilingual education system that now costs local "school districts almost $300 million a year about $6,000 per student, according to state estimates. Marlborough. The state Board of Education is slated to vote on the changes in April.
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