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‘We will teach our children the truth about America’: Trump defends patriotic education plan likened to Hitler Youth

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The Independent

Trump touts patriotic education plan likened to Hitler Youth

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4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Fortune

President Trump’s ‘patriotic education’ commission can’t actually tell schools what to teach

President Donald Trump’s controversial move to create a “patriotic education” commission late last week drew criticism, with critics accusing the Trump administration of whitewashing U.S. history. The commission, along with a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to develop a “pro-American curriculum,” is intended to rebuff the teaching of critical race theory, which Trump labeled “a Marxist doctrine holding that America is a wicked and ra…

4 years ago·New York, United States

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MSN

‘We will teach our children the truth about America’: Trump defends patriotic education plan likened to Hitler Youth

Donald Trump has once again touted his plans for a “patriotic education” commission for American schools to teach children to “love America,” a plan that has been likened to the Hitler Youth programme from Nazi Germany. “I announced last week that we're launching a pro-American lesson plan for students. [The] 1776 [Commission],” Mr Trump said to a roar of applause from his supporters at an airplane hangar rally near Dayton, Ohio, on Monday. “We.…

4 years ago·United States

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Lifehacker

Tell School Leaders How You Feel About 'Patriotic' Education

Hey, parents, guess what? Trump created a “1776 Commission” that aims to teach children “about the miracle of American history.” He wants to “defend the legacy of America’s founding, the virtue of America’s heroes, and the nobility of the American character.” In other words, he wants to—quite literally—rewrite our nation’s history to further glorify slave-owning white men.

4 years ago

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@thehill On Twitter

President Trump at Minnesota rally on Friday: "We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students and restore patriotic education to our schools." [1 Photo]

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