Dear Sirs/Madams of California SBE(State Board of Education)
In July 13,14, 2016, the single-perspective description about "comfort women" is going to be approved as the new History-Social Science Curriculum Framework for Grade Ten in California. That describes the issue as systematic atrocity and human-trafficking by the national policy of Japan.
But, in fact, the "comfort women" issue is still in dispute between Japanese government and some countries about the determination-of-facts.
So, the single-perspective description contradicts the California History-Social Science education policy, that is, "Students should be encouraged to read multiple primary and secondary documents; to understand multiple perspectives".
Therefore,
Requesting California SBE of the below;
A. SBE is not to approve the new Curriculum Framework unless improving the "comfort women" description.
B. Improve the "comfort women" description into the one with multiple perspectives.
C. If SBE will approve the single-perspective description as it is,
- SBE is to take accountability of its correctness for students and teachers.
- So, SBE should publicly disclose the objective/verifiable evidence why SBE concluded that description is unique stable fact.
( This is a partial excerpt. You'll find the full text - https://goo.gl/eJCdbd )
Sincerely.
