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.
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.
They aren’t deciding what is taught. They’re only deciding that, if you teach it, you can’t teach lies.
Politics is often involved with public education. Public education is run by the government. The government has to decide what is taught. The government is run by elected people. Elected people are called politicians and are involved with politics. Your local school board is decided by elections.
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.