Frances Jacobson Harris, of the American Library Association, shows that depending on current history textbooks can “compromise student learning” (School Library Media Research, Volume 5, 2002).

In 2003, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute examined six widely used high school U.S. history texts and six world history texts. They concluded that “the books reviewed in this report range from serviceable to abysmal. None is distinguished or even very good . . . . No textbook scored better than 78 percent overall . . . . Five of the twelve earned failing marks” (Chester E. Finn, Jr., “Foreword,” A Consumer’s Guide to High School History Textbooks, p. 8).

Investigate further criticisms of history textbooks.

• The Textbook Trap
  • Do secular textbooks have errors?
  • Errors in science textbooks
  • Errors in history books
  • Examples of errors in secular textbooks
• The “Authors”
  • Who’s writing the secular textbooks?
  • How are secular textbooks compiled?
  • Why are textbooks compiled this way?
  • What happens when textbooks have no author?
• Censorship
  • How do secular publishers handle censorship?
  • Conservative Christian groups
  • Liberal and special interest groups
• What are they thinking?
  • Why do secular publishers do what they do?
  • The way it used to be in textbook publishing
  • The way it is now
• An Insider's Disclosure
  • What does an insider have to say about secular publishers and their agenda?
• Higher Standards
  • Measuring Christian textbooks against secular criteria
  • Informative articles on Christian education