Forty-nine states now have, or are writing, guidelines on what should be taught when.

Below the shield is written '1859', the year in which Oregon became a state.

Today, every state but Iowa has written its own standards, describing what children should be able to do at given grade levels.

Afterwards, the state wrote a new constitution based on Liberal principles.

That the states already had written constitutions of their own in 1787 is rarely acknowledged.

The public will not be notified or have an opportunity to intervene unless states write such provisions on their own.

These states often have written constitutions and a codified set of laws.

Many teachers report being unprepared, and at times confused, by what the states have written.

When the state wrote the Christian moral code into law, it codified bigotry.

In recent years, half the states have written or toughened laws making parents liable for their children's actions.