{"id":1808091,"date":"2023-01-17T09:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T14:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808091"},"modified":"2023-01-17T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T14:24:25","slug":"mary-vought-virginias-proposed-new-standards-of-learning-embrace-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mary-vought-virginias-proposed-new-standards-of-learning-embrace-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Vought: Virginia\u2019s Proposed New Standards of Learning Embrace History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmary-vought-virginias-proposed-new-standards-of-learning-embrace-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230117140700im_\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HRZXREBKHAI63KIK7TSACXP4R4.jpg&#038;w=1440\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The Virginia Department of Education has released the results of a long and complex process that included input from many reviewers. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230117140700\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2022\/11\/16\/virginia-school-history-standards-youngkin\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed revisions to the commonwealth\u2019s standards of learning<\/a> History and social sciences for grades K-12. The standards, if adopted by the board would improve the teaching of facts as well as principles that are essential to the next generation engaged citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Many students are still unaware of important aspects of civic life and the updated standards will help them. These are the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230117140700\/https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/highlights\/ushistory\/2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most recent federal analysis<\/a> Test data showed that more than a third of eighth-graders in America did not have a basic understanding about American history. This was even before the learning loss caused by the pandemic. Numerous other surveys have also been conducted. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230117140700\/https:\/\/www.goacta.org\/news-item\/the-danger-ignorance-of-history-poses-to-the-future-of-a-free-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shown a similar decline in civic knowledge<\/a>From nearly half of college students not understanding the lengths of Congress members to individuals confusing America&#8217;s republic with direct democracy, this is a significant increase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Although the new standards may not address these national trends, if they are implemented, they will provide Virginia&#8217;s next generation with the objective knowledge they need and the skills to be productive citizens. These standards aren&#8217;t afraid to acknowledge the sins committed by racism and slavery. But neither do they condemn a nation that has long served as a beacon of hope around the world as irretrievably evil or blame today\u2019s generation for the actions of ancestors long since deceased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The standards stipulate that \u201cparents should have open access to all instructional materials utilized in any Virginia public school.\u201d Compare that to Terry McAuliffe (another Virginia governor), who notoriously said the same thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230117140700\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MCBcJC8bIq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> This will happen in 2021 \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d As a mother living in Virginia, I\u2019m glad that the current standards and current governor will allow me to have a say in my children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">If the board of education adopts them, these proposed standards will help to create more perfect citizens \u2014 Virginians who recognize our history, warts and all, but also deeply understand the principles that have provided hope and opportunity to the world for centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Education has released the results of a long and complex process that included input from many reviewers. proposed revisions to the commonwealth\u2019s standards of learning History and social sciences for grades K-12. 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