Two elementary history textbooks found riddled with errors have been revised and are now placed at colleges throughout Virginia for public review. That gives parents, teachers and other residents 30 days to leaf through “Our Virginia: Past and Present” and “Our America to 1865,” both from small Connecticut publishing house Five Ponds Press.

The factual errors prompted Virginia’s school board to overhaul the textbook review process, shifting the burden of proof to publishers from classroom teachers and school administrators.

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