Inclusive Or Indoctrination: The Debate Over New Social Studies Standards
WUNC Politics
English - April 13, 2021 21:47 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsNews Government north carolina wunc politics state politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Synthesizing American history is not a simple exercise. What periods, figures, and narratives should emerge in public school classrooms, and who gets to decide? Republicans are decrying some educational standards as having a leftist bent, lacking patriotism. While educators, and advocates for a more complete narrative say we must trust the teachers. On this episode of The Politics Podcast teaching our complicated history to our youth.