In a letter to Madison, James wrote teachers felt that the previous social studies curriculum was too vague. James wrote the new frameworks allow schools to teach the one semester Arkansas history course anytime from the seventh to 12th grades, and its up to individual districts to decide whether they will teach the course in junior high or high school.
James declined to comment further about the change to a
reporter.
Information from: Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette,
http://www.arkansasonline.com
- Associated Press
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