Virginia lawmakers on Monday passed a proposal that would require schools, if they teach students about the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to relay the facts of what actually happened, without including misinformation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen or that the attack was just a peaceful protest.
Schools should be required to only teach facts across all fields.
Why stop at that event? What about the classrooms that teach about “the war of Northern aggression”, or any of the other slanted views of history?
While I agree with this bill I don’t care much for the trend of mixing to politics and education curriculum. The country has a loose enough relationship with facts to let the politicians decide what should be taught.
Would it be better if the oligarchs who own the political right wing and the private schools were given exclusive creative control over the curriculum, while elected progressives and the popular majority they represent have none?
I wasn’t thinking of private schools when I made the comment but I wonder if it would be enforceable for them.
