Trump Announces 'Patriotic Education' Commission
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We ran the numbers: There are 1389 news articles covering this topic. 56% (776) are left leaning, 31% (426) are center, and 13% (187) are right leaning.
On Thursday, President Trump said he would create a commission to promote “patriotic education” and announced the creation of a grant to develop a “pro-American curriculum.” While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump has no power over the curriculum taught in local schools, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump said Democrats and the New York Times’ “1619 Project” promotes an inaccurate version of U.S. history.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Trump has no power over the curriculum taught in local schools but continues to promote a “pro-American curriculum that celebrates the truth about our nation’s great history.” Trump’s line of attack is part of a decades-long thread of conservative activism targeting public schools, which includes going against teaching sex education or assigning books they view as too lurid.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Trump said that what’s being taught about systemic racism in America in U.S. classrooms is a “twisted web of lies.” The president’s remarks reflect a growing outcry among Republicans against recent moves to tell a more even-handed version of the nation’s history, which includes its early foundational reliance on slave labor.
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that Trump said Democrats and the Times’ “1619 Project” promotes an inaccurate version of U.S. history as it over-emphasizes race and the legacy of slavery. Trump said popular assessments of U.S. history “bear a striking resemblance to the anti-American propaganda of our adversaries.”
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