In Mass., Silber Goes to Battle Over History Framework Draft

A clash over which historical facts and concepts Massachusetts' students should know has pitted the state school board's outspoken chairman and his allies against hundreds of teachers, parents, and scholars around the state who have rallied against the latest draft of the state frameworks for history and social sciences.

As Yogi Berra would say, it's a case of deja vu all over again.

While states throughout the nation have been able to forge at least a grudging consensus on what students should know in the various disciplines, when it comes to history there has been one...