American History Controversial Topics Government 
ED Surge
APRIL 26, 2024
Stark Division on LGBTQ+ Topics Researchers asked participants to decide on the appropriateness of potentially controversial topics like the discussion of sex ed, racism and LGBTQ+ issues at both the elementary and high school levels.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Samantha Palu, a high school government teacher in South Dakota, came to school on Jan. Palu’s principal backed her up, but she worries about backlash when she tackles controversial topics in the future. government and African American history in Hamilton, Ohio. Capitol the previous day. Credit: Duane Moore.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 25, 2021
The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.
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