#  Update: California Board of Education Meets to Discuss Proposed Textbook Changes 

 





January 08, 2006

 

 

Source: Hindu Press International

On January 8, 2006 *Hindu Press International* reported, "California State Board of Education members and staff conducted a special, closed-door meeting onJanuary 6 to revisit the Hindu requests \[proposed by two Hindu groups, the HinduEducation Foundation and the Vedic Foundation\] for changes in the 6th gradesocial studies books currently proposed for adoption by the State... In the all-day meeting, the group went over every one of the disputed edits. At thebeginning, the ground rules were set in such a way by the Board that Dr.Witzel \[scholar of Sanskrit at Harvard University\] and Dr. Bajpai \[scholar of Indian History\] would discuss each disputed edit and try to arriveat a compromise solution acceptable to both. \[Witzel and Bajpai have been on opposing sides of the edit proposals for the past few months\]... Overall, it was estimated that perhaps 85% of the Hindu changes wereaccepted in original or modified form. This meeting was, however, stillan advisory meeting, and nothing was finalized. The Board of Educationis holding its next meeting in February."





 

 

 



 

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