Cutting History Class




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Summary: Plans to revamp graduation requirements and possibly eliminate some standardized exams have social studies teachers worried. Federal law requires high school testing in English, math, and science, but there is no mandate for history. That means social studies could be the first to go. Our guests: Gloria Sesso, administrator, Patchogue-Medford School District, and co-president, Long Island Council for the Social Studies Alan Singer, Ph.D., professor of teaching, learning and technology, Hofstra