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Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

The Hechinger Report

Or, as journalist Stephen Sawchuk has written , “A history education rooted in facts, evidence, and well-argued positions might be a beginning step toward healthier, more productive, and more engaged citizenry. But it definitely doesn’t help that people don’t understand it.”. But it is hardly an inoculation.

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