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National versus state curriculum standards for history in the United States: where will the debate lead us?
Author(s) -
Doppen Frans H.,
Yeager Elizabeth Anne
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/0958517970090204
Subject(s) - curriculum , state (computer science) , political science , subject (documents) , public administration , engineering ethics , national curriculum , law , engineering , library science , algorithm , computer science
During the past two decades, the debate over a national curriculum has been the subject of much controversy in the United States. However, this debate, part of a much larger debate over the broader goals of public education, has inevitably clashed with the long‐held American notion of local control of schools. The purpose of this article is to present a brief historical overview and identify some issues which continue to feature prominently in the ongoing debate over national and state curriculum standards. The authors focus on curriculum standards for history. A case‐study of this specific debate will reveal some of the major issues which have surfaced in the broader debate.