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Thankful to be Americans
"Gratitude is the lifeblood of healthy schools and civic institutions, writes Rick Hess, being very Old School. Despite " classroom materials that depict Thanksgiving as just another evil exercise in settler colonialism," he writes, most teachers think schools should teach that the U.S. is "a fundamentally good country. " And they want to "teach students to question the policies of their nation’s government." That's right, Hess writes. Students should count our blessings a

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 272 min read
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Thankful to be Americans
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for our legacy as Americans , writes Rick Hess, being very Old School. As a former social studies...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 27, 20241 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving
I remember making these in school in the 1950's. I don't think much has changed. Bion Bartning of FAIR (Foundation Against Intolerance &...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20221 min read
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Blamesgiving: Public schools teach that America is 'bad and broken'
Public schools have lost touch with their mission and purpose, writes Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 23, 20222 min read
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