Teachers and educational organizations join forces to protest history textbook changes

Groups to release joint statements, hold public debates, file legal complaints, and engage in a public relations campaigns » Members of a coalition consisting of teachers and 39 civic organizations, including the Institute for the Research in Collaborationist Activities, hold a press conference criticizing the government’s plan to revise history textbooks in front of the Government Complex on Sejongro Boulevard on October 9. Teachers and educational organizations are joining historians in protesting the government’s decision to force changes in history textbooks. The National History Teachers Association, the Institute for the Research in Collaborationist Activities, the Stand Together for Better Education, and a total of 39 groups under the umbrella organization tentatively named the “Joint Committee on Resolving the... [read full story]