The Great Textbook War

What is school for? Over a hundred years ago, a man named Harold Rugg published a series of textbooks that encouraged students to confront the thorniest parts of U.S. history: to identify problems, and try and solve them. And it was just as controversial as the fights we're seeing today. In this episode: a media mogul, a textbook author, and a battle over what students should - or shouldn't - learn in school.
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The word to think about is "balance." It's OK to teach our kids that America is a great country while also teaching about our failings and how we can overcome them or have overcome them. But the goal should always be to teach how we can become more united. Unfortunately too much of what is taught today is meant to divide us, specifically along racial lines. Teaching black kids that they are oppressed and that white kids are oppressors helps no one and only creates hostility and victims There has to be a balance.