Everything wrong with government and education in one paragraph

Gay History In Textbooks: California Debates Adding New Curriculum

California law already requires schools to teach about women, African Americans, Mexican Americans, entrepreneurs, Asian Americans, European Americans, American Indians and labor. The Legislature over the years also has prescribed specific lessons about the Irish potato famine and the Holocaust, among other topics

Not from the Onion.

My only question is what were they actually teaching in history class prior to the legislative mandate.