Alternet has a great piece on textbook policy in California. I don't have much to add, except that textbook and curriculum standards policy is something that liberals absolutely need to be engaged in pro-actively. A small change in a state's education policy can have a big impact on whether or not the high school students are predisposed to liberalism. It's not difficult to see why: a solid education about the basics of government, an introduction to liberal history, and a literary foundation that includes the voices of women and minorities all predispose a student to think positively about liberalism, whether or not that specific label is attached.
I suspect that there are already a number of liberals working on it - and they are probably very effective, actually. Our aim in this area should probably be to sustain the victories we have already won, and incrementally expand them.
