Checks and Balance: History test - a podcast by The Economist

Twenty six Republican-led states have legislated to stop critical race theory beingtaught in schools. Local school board meetings have seen angry protests. What should Americans learn about their history?

We speak to historian Gary Nash of UCLA, who helped devise national teaching standards, and look back on the West Virginia textbook wars of 1974.

John Prideaux hosts with Tamara Gilkes Borr and Jon Fasman.

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