Along with getting rid of the Department of Education, the public needs to understand that it had become a marxist indoctrination supporter and that is why it has no place in our government.
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The bureaucrats in Washington DC should be fired.
The budget for the now extinct Dept of Education should be sent as block grants to the 50 states.
At the state level, they should fund School Choice and work hard to eliminate or at least reduce government schools.
BTTT
A U.S. History course based on Larry Schweikart’s A Patriot’s History of the United States should be required to graduate high school, let alone college.
Homeschooled, my American history studies were largely with books published before 1960, though many of my friends were reading Zinn. It made for some interesting conversations! They also favored Joy Hakim’s books. Friends in public school got NO history at all in the lower grades.
My favorite source was Annals of America. I also read a lot of very old magazines. History is still my favorite subject.
Looking forward to the day when the modern 8th grade tests are the same or better than the early 1900’s eighth grade tests.