Sounds a lot like what dictators do, create a made up version of history while denying the truth:
President Trump issued his promised executive order establishing a “1776 Commission” aimed at countering what he sees as anti-American teaching in schools.
Efforts to teach about slavery and racism, he argues, reflect a left-wing agenda and “indoctrination” that is hostile to America, its founding principles and values. Instead, he says, schools should be promoting “patriotic education.”
“Despite the virtues and accomplishments of this Nation, many students are now taught in school to hate their own country,” the order says.
In Trump’s telling, virtually any discussion of America’s flaws, particularly those that charge systemic racism, is an indictment of the nation’s principles and should be stamped out.
The federal government has no control over schools’ curriculum. The executive order, which was issued Monday, the day before Election Day, appears to be another effort to rally his base and tap into their anger at protesters who have taken to the streets to denounce racial injustice and police brutality.
Trump alleges ‘left-wing indoctrination’ in schools, says he will create national commission
The order directs the secretary of education to establish a commission of up to 20 people to create a report within a year on “the core principles of the American founding and how these principles may be understood to further enjoyment of ‘the blessings of liberty’ and to promote our striving ‘to form a more perfect Union.’ ”
President Trump issued his promised executive order establishing a “1776 Commission” aimed at countering what he sees as anti-American teaching in schools that receive federal funding to make sure they are holding educational programs about the U.S. Constitution each Sept. 17, which is designated as Constitution Day to commemorate the signing of the Constitution in 1787.
President Trump issued his promised executive order establishing a “1776 Commission” aimed at countering what he sees as anti-American teaching in schools.
Efforts to teach about slavery and racism, he argues, reflect a left-wing agenda and “indoctrination” that is hostile to America, its founding principles and values. Instead, he says, schools should be promoting “patriotic education.”
“Despite the virtues and accomplishments of this Nation, many students are now taught in school to hate their own country,” the order says.
In Trump’s telling, virtually any discussion of America’s flaws, particularly those that charge systemic racism, is an indictment of the nation’s principles and should be stamped out.
The federal government has no control over schools’ curriculum. The executive order, which was issued Monday, the day before Election Day, appears to be another effort to rally his base and tap into their anger at protesters who have taken to the streets to denounce racial injustice and police brutality.
Trump alleges ‘left-wing indoctrination’ in schools, says he will create national commission
The order directs the secretary of education to establish a commission of up to 20 people to create a report within a year on “the core principles of the American founding and how these principles may be understood to further enjoyment of ‘the blessings of liberty’ and to promote our striving ‘to form a more perfect Union.’ ”
President Trump issued his promised executive order establishing a “1776 Commission” aimed at countering what he sees as anti-American teaching in schools that receive federal funding to make sure they are holding educational programs about the U.S. Constitution each Sept. 17, which is designated as Constitution Day to commemorate the signing of the Constitution in 1787.
