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Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

The Hechinger Report

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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Where Americans Are — and Aren’t — Politically Divided on Education

ED Surge

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.

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Should teachers be apolitical?

The Hechinger Report

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.