Are textbooks biased? Do they reflect the political influence of Liberals or Conservatives? Are they biased about Women? Islam? Sex? Evolution? Should parents be given more influence on them? Click
“Flere oplysninger” to view the Contents. Editors: Noah Berlatsky.
(128 pages)Level: Mainly Second and Third year Gymnasium
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Contents
Introduction
1. Censorship From the Left and Right Distorts Textbooks
Anne C. Westwater
2. Conservatives Are Attempting to Insert Bias Into Textbooks
Mariah Blake
3. Textbooks Display a Liberal Bias and an Anti-American Slant
Marcia Segelstein
4. Textbooks Are Biased in Favor of American Ethnocentrism
James W. Loewen
5. Textbooks Are Biased Against Women in America
Rae Lesser Blumberg
6. Textbooks Are Biased In Favor of Islam
Gary A. Tobin and Dennis R. Ybarra
7. Textbooks Are Not Biased in Favor of Islam
Susan Douglass
8. Textbooks Are Biased in Favor of Evolution
Casey Luskin
9. Textbooks That Teach Evolution Are Not Biased
Glenn Branch
10. The Abstinence-Only Sex Education Curriculum Is Biased and Dangerous
Eric Alterman and George Zornick
11. The Abstinence-Only Sex Education Curriculum Is Effective
Christine Kim and Robert Rector
12. Textbook Content Should Be Controlled By Experts
Marie Landau
13. Parents Should Have More Choice In Curriculum Content
Andrew J. Coulson
14. Textbook Biases Are Indicative of Broader Educational Problems
Sara Mayeux
Organizations to Contact
Bibliography
Index