That's beautiful, thankyou!I prefer this take on books from the British Library.
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I think you have to look at it in the context of US schools. They might pledge allegiance to the flag at school but there is no religious education in state schools and parents very much see the adoption of teaching critical race theory as a kind of philosophical indoctrination. They simply do not have an education system that values discussion and examination of beliefs and philosophies, whether religious, social, or moral. This means that whoever controls the school curriculum, whether Left or Right leaning, controls what can be debated and outlaws any dissent.
Add to this the view of many parents, especially in the South, that politics and sex education should be the preserve of families not schools, and there is bound to be conflict. As the article says, online teaching has simply made parents more aware of what's actually on the curriculum.
Unlike the UK with it's National Curriculum, the US has local school boards that decide what is taught and thus you have conflict between areas who want to allow no parental input whatsoever, and areas where parents want to dictate everything. It's a mess.
I'm sorry, AuroraSaab, but that's hogwash. I agree with a lot of what you say but to write off the whole of a nation like that is far too extreme. Substitute for US France or Africa or New Zealand in the above and think whether your bucket holds water.
I don't know about African countries, but don't NZ and France have centralised school curriculums? I'm not writing off a whole country. I'm saying that this situation arises because the US has a system whereby education isn't controlled nationally, and isn't even controlled on a State level. It seems to be controlled at a very local level by School Boards. What children learn is therefore decided by quite a small number of people, who might well use their political leanings to influence what kids are taught, and whether kids and parents can object. It's just not possible to do that in the UK, fortunately, and it prevents a lot of this nonsense.
But in the UK they still tend to be tied to the National Curriculum and the National Exam standards for GCSE and A-LevelUnless you go to public schools who can teach all manner of strange things.
Like most of the Tory Cabinet....Unless you go to public schools who can teach all manner of strange things.
Unless you go to public schools who can teach all manner of strange things.
The tories have been politicizing the curriculum for decades, from clause 28 to Gove et al. who try to eliminate any topics seen as negative, like Britain's part in the slave trade.I don't know about African countries, but don't NZ and France have centralised school curriculums? I'm not writing off a whole country. I'm saying that this situation arises because the US has a system whereby education isn't controlled nationally, and isn't even controlled on a State level. It seems to be controlled at a very local level by School Boards. What children learn is therefore decided by quite a small number of people, who might well use their political leanings to influence what kids are taught, and whether kids and parents can object. It's just not possible to do that in the UK, fortunately, and it prevents a lot of this nonsense.