Panel Hears Testimony on Social Studies Texts
A textbook committee for the Los Angeles Unified School Board heard testimony Thursday regarding the proposed adoption of controversial new social studies textbooks that blend a multicultural approach with literature-based reading. The committee forwarded the adoption proposal and the public comments to the board without making a recommendation.
About 25 representatives of different cultural, religious and ethnic groups, many of them highly critical of the books, voiced concerns that the books promote negative stereotyping and omit important historical data.
District staff has recommended that the school board adopt the texts. A final vote on the matter is scheduled for Feb. 18.
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