Abstract
The commitment of Massachusetts to strive for the highest standards in history education is now inextricably linked to the implementation of the History and Social Science Curriculum Framework completed in 1997. The author writes that teachers and other educators, parents and students, should consider carefully the concepts and principles contained in the Framework and, particularly in American history, try to understand how the Massachusetts Framework differs in substance and approach from the controversial national history standards first proposed in 1994.
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