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🗓️ 9 August 2021
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Schools across America—both public and private—are embracing the left's radical ideas at an alarming rate. These ideas have found their way into curriculum, sometimes subtly and other times overtly.
Many parents have had enough. They're taking action and speaking out—winning seats on school boards, demanding transparency from teachers, and insisting that their kids learn the foundational values that made America the greatest country on earth.
Now, thanks to Hillsdale College, there’s a curriculum that parents can use to ensure their children are getting the education they deserve. Matthew Spalding, Hilldale's vice president of Washington operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about the curriculum and why it’s needed now more than ever.
"It's important for us to realize that while we might think this is merely a debate about different opinions about history," Spalding says, "this is about debate between history on the one hand—good, accurate history and we can have some disagreements here and there, but generally speaking, there's a broad consensus about that—and an ideological approach, which is using history merely as a foil to fight current battles."
Listen to my interview with Spalding on the podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. You may learn more about the Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum on the school's website and access other K-12 resources there as well.
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0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, August 9. |
0:09.2 | I'm Robert Blueey. |
0:10.2 | And I'm Virginia Allen. |
0:11.8 | On today's show, Rob talks with Hillsdale College's Matthew Spalding. |
0:16.5 | They discuss the new Hillsdale 1776 curriculum for teaching American history, civics, and |
0:22.8 | government to K-12 students. |
0:25.1 | We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story. |
0:28.8 | Before we get to today's show, we want to tell you about the most popular resource |
0:33.3 | on the Heritage Foundation website, the Guide to the Constitution. |
0:37.6 | More than 100 scholars have contributed to create a unique line-by-line analysis of |
0:41.8 | our Constitution. |
0:43.3 | The guide is intended to provide a brief and accurate explanation of each clause of |
0:47.2 | the Constitution as envisioned by the framers and as applied in contemporary law. |
0:51.9 | There has never been a more important time to have an understanding of our founding document. |
0:57.7 | So if you want to learn more about the Constitution, go ahead and visit heritage.org slash |
1:03.0 | Constitution or you can simply search for Heritage Guide to the Constitution. |
1:07.7 | Now stay tuned for today's show coming up next. |
1:19.2 | We are joined on the Daily Signal Podcast today by Matthew Spalding. |
1:22.6 | He is Hillsdale College's Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the |
1:26.8 | Vanandle Graduate School of Government, as well as an author and editor of several books, |
1:31.4 | including the Heritage Foundation's Guide to the Constitution. |
1:34.6 | Matt, welcome back to the Heritage Foundation and thank you for joining the Daily Signal. |
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