New historical dating system under fire
FRANKFORT - The Kentucky Board of Education is under fire for approving a new, more contemporary system of describing historical dates in its public school curriculum.
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One critic feels modernizing the system is an effort to conceal from students their culture’s Judeo-Christian heritage.
The State Board of Education in Kentucky (USA) recently voted to continue using the acronyms B.C. for ”Before Christ” and A.D. for ”Anno Domini” -- which is Latin for ”in the Year of the Lord”. However, the board members decided to supplement the traditional dating method with C.E. or ”common era” and B.C.E., which stands for ”before the common era”.
The Board’s vote means the new dating system will appear throughout Kentucky’s curriculum and other materials used by educators across the state. This method of describing historical eras is already being included in textbooks across the United States, in what some opponents see as an effort to replace the birth of Christ as the dividing point in history.
The Board’s move is being criticized by the Family Foundation of Kentucky, a pro-family organization, whose senior policy analyst, Martin Cothran, says the new dating system comes out of a secularist mindset. The Family Foundation is also concerned that the measure may open the door for the American Civil Liberties Union ”types” to find some liberal activist judge who will rule schools’ use of B.C. and A.D. unconstitutional, based on the ACLU’s argument that the old system violates the First Amendment. (AgapePress)
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