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What is school for? Over a hundred years ago, a man named Harold Rugg published a series of textbooks that encouraged students to confront the thorniest parts of U.S. history: to identify problems, and try and solve them. And it was just as controversial as the fights we’re seeing today. In this episode: a media mogul, a textbook author, and a battle over what students should – or shouldn’t – learn in school.
Guests:
Charles Dorn, the Barry N. Wish Professor of Social Studies at Bowdoin College and co-author of Patriotic Education in a Global Age.
Adam Laats, professor of education at Binghamton University and author of The Other School Reformers.
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