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Historians in the News
April 18, 2015

Is the Common Core a Threat to the Study of History?

by Johann Neem
Johann Neem is a professor of history at Western Washington University. 

Johann Neem  was interviewed by the History News Network at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, where he spoke about the impact of the Common Core standards on the teaching of history.