The 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in Korematsu v. United States is a propitious time to consider how American high school history classes will likely treat the still controversial internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese immigrants during World War II.

At present, 46 states have established a set of rigorous knowledge and skills in math and English known as the Common Core State Standards. It won't be long before history is included.

But if the past is any indication, students will continue to be given a bowdlerized version of events about a shameful period in American history.