Many industries had programs that taught English and history to foreign workers. The most important agent of assimilation was the common school. what we call today the public school. The late Albert Shanker. president of the American Federation of Teachers. said the public school was created largely "to teach immigrant children reading. writing. and arithmeticand what it means to be an American." Yet today U.S. history is not as important a part of the school curriculum as it once was. As a result. high school seniors score lower on U.S. history than on any other subject. I have worked with Senators KENNEDY.
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