Distortions, Whitewashing and Pro-Islamic Bias Found In American Public School Textbooks The information below is an excerpt from a summary that can be found on the website of the American Textbook Council. The website states: “The American Textbook Council is an independent national research organization established in 1989 to review the history and social studies textbooks used in the nation's schools.” To read more about ATC’s reviews of textbooks and how they treat Islam go to http://www.historytextbooks.org/islam.htm The biased and politically correct treatment of Islam in school textbooks is very alarming because of the impact this is having on both the knowledge base and attitudes of American children.