Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Gio V Fox's avatar

Very happy to see these programs coming to an end.. but "Patriotic Education" doesn't sound fact & evidence-based. It sounds like the original education problem many schools systems had with sweeping hard history under the rug.

Shouldn't we be putting in a program that, absolutely as stated instills our values of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and also deals with our failures along those lines?

You state your support evidence and multiple points of view in education but also that you support the proposed "Patriotic Education." To me, there's a contradiction- such "patriotic" programs usually are packed with blind nationalism and historical erasure- they refuse to look at weaknesses, failures and hard history.

Like @annabramfeld883476 commented below, I think we are vulnerable right now to "replacing one kind of indoctrination with another."

Am I misunderstanding your position? If you aren't concerned with a new form of indoctrination entering the school system, could you please explain why you feel confident that a "Patriotic Education" will live up to your standards of evidence and multiple points of view?

Expand full comment
anna bramfeld's avatar

Replacing one kind of indoctrination with another. Seems odd that you’re on board with this.

Expand full comment
2 more comments...

No posts