Are Teachers Really Indoctrinating Students? (Ep. 1)

04/13/22 • 45 min

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Courageous Conversations About Our Schools

Critics charge that teachers are indoctrinating their students with left-wing ideology on a variety of issues - how history is taught, the books they are allowed to read, and how students learn about gender and sexual identity. In this episode, I ask my guests to define what it means to indoctrinate, say whether it's always wrong, and speculate on its prevalence. Like most polarizing issues, the questions surrounding indoctrination are full of nuance.

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How Students Learn about Race and Racism is Dividing Our Country (Ep. 2)

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Never before have Americans been so deeply divided about how history, current events, and controversial issues should be discussed in our public schools. At the center of these debates are questions about race and racism – what exactly students should learn about these concepts, how the concepts should be taught, and what the outcomes should be. The views and political perspectives of our guests vary widely (by design), but the purpose of the conversation is not to debate or argue but rather to have a respectful exchange of ideas, for participants to speak from the heart and to share their own experiences and perspectives. Most importantly, it’s to listen and learn from one another.

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