FAIR News: The Solution America’s Classrooms Have Been Waiting For
FAIR’s American Experience Curriculum
Dear Friends of FAIR,
The wait is over.
We’ve documented the crisis: reading and math scores are plummeting to historic lows and educational polarization is interfering with learning itself. But documenting problems isn’t enough anymore; it’s time for us to start solving them.
Today we’re ready to take you inside FAIR’s groundbreaking curriculum that will transform how students learn about identity and what it means to be American.
The American Experience Curriculum offers what every educator, parent, and student desperately needs now: a balanced, rigorous approach that explores America’s rich cultural heritage while emphasizing our shared humanity and founding principles.
What makes FAIR’s curriculum revolutionary? It achieves what others haven’t:
Applies pluralism concepts to help students navigate competing goods vs. simple right/wrong thinking
Develops civil discourse skills that students need for civic engagement
Teaches character strengths that transcend cultural boundaries
Combines constitutional foundations with the experiences of diverse ethnic groups
Addresses complex perspectives on racial and ethnic identity
Meets Ethnic Studies standards without the polarization
Brings students together instead of dividing them
This isn’t just another social studies course; it represents the beginning of a grassroots effort to prepare our youth to be responsible citizens in a heterogeneous society.
WATCH: Our promotional video to see how FAIR’s approach transforms classroom conversations from division to understanding.
Download our complete curriculum overview to explore the full scope of learning that will change how your students think about America – and themselves.
Next week, get ready for an exclusive deep dive into our lesson plans! We'll be releasing:
The first unit of FAIR’s curriculum that explores America’s founding principles, our evolving sense of national identity, and an introduction to civil discourse skills
Sample lessons with full teacher resources and student materials
Assessment strategies that measure both content knowledge and civil discourse skills
While other curricula choose sides, the American Experience chooses students. We’ve created academically rigorous content that builds bridges instead of walls and teaches America’s complex story with honesty and hope. Today’s students will be tomorrow’s leaders, and they deserve a curriculum worthy of that responsibility.
Help us bring this transformative curriculum to schools nationwide. Support FAIR's mission with a donation today and be part of the solution America’s students desperately need.
With hope and gratitude,
Monica Harris
Executive Director
When Fear Overrides Freedom, Democracy Begins To Die
Join FAIR in Conversation at its next gathering to discuss Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age by Naomi Wolf. NY Times best-selling author and celebrated liberal journalist Naomi Wolf chronicles the censorship, surveillance, lies, and violations of individual Constitutional rights that took hold during the Covid era. A decades-long champion of free speech and freedom of the press, Wolf writes a deeply personal and critical reflection that exposes the dangerous descent of global democracies into tyranny, censorship, and totalitarianism that led to her political and spiritual transformation.
Date and Time: June 25th, 2025, 7:00PM ET
FAIR Arts Community Meetup: Ted & Courtney Balaker
On July 1st, join FAIR in the Arts for our community meetup with award-winning filmmakers TED & COURTNEY BALAKER.
After producing for Universal Pictures, Dimension, ABC News, Reason TV, PBS and others, Courtney and Ted Balaker founded Korchula Productions in 2011 with the motto—making important ideas entertaining.
Their films have won dozens of awards and have been released in theaters and on many popular platforms including Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+. Their projects have been lauded and amplified by many diverse voices including Elon Musk, Seth MacFarlane, Larry Elder, John Stossel, Congressmen Thomas Massie, Jamie Raskin, and Dana Rohrabacher as well as publications such as The San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, National Review, and The Hollywood Reporter.
The Balakers’ films include Little Pink House starring two-time Oscar nominee Catherine Keener; Can We Take a Joke?, which features comedians such as Gilbert Gottfried, Adam Carolla, and Penn Jillette; and The Coddling of the American Mind, a documentary based on The New York Times bestselling book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. The Balakers have recently finished writing the screenplay for a new feature called Troubled, which is based on the bestselling memoir by Rob Henderson.
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Teachers, administrators, librarians, and educators of all kinds are welcome. For more information and to join any of these networks, please email educators@fairforall.org.
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Studies have shown that polarization in schools is actually undermining a healthy learning environment and detracting from an emphasis on academic success. Diana Blum’s article last week details the impact. I encourage you to read it:
https://news.fairforall.org/p/the-hijacking-of-american-classrooms