What is going at Hillsdale College and the state of Tennessee’s education system?

We wrote about Tennessee governor Bill Lee’s relationship with Hillsdale last month. We have also offered a few posts reviewing the 1776 Commission, a Trump-supported group tasked with creating a patriotic-oriented curriculum. Hillsdale president Larry Arnn led the commission and it did not include any American historians. (Right-wing pundit and conspiracy theorist Charlie Kirk was on the committee).

NewsChannel 5–Nashville recently covered this story. Watch:

Read more here. If I get some time we will try to compare the 1776 Commission to the Hillsdale curriculum that Tennessee charter schools are adopting.

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