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Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of a Kanawha County Board of Education meeting that became inundated with controversy over new, multicultural textbooks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn September 3, 2974, Kanawha County schools opened amid high tensions. Months earlier, school board member Alice Moore had objected to the content of new…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn 1974, a fierce controversy erupted over some newly adopted school textbooks in Kanawha County, West Virginia. School buildings were hit by dynamite and…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn this episode, I dig into one of my favorite culture war subjects: the battles in Texas over education.For years, I’ve had a fascination with the fights…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTexas students will be back in school soon and they’re going crack open some brand new social studies textbooks. The books are the result of fierce fights…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhat should children learn in school? It's a question that's stirred debate for decades, and in 1974, it led to violent protests in West Virginia. People…
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