ABSTRACT
introduces readers to controversies about the political goals of public schools. It highlights the difficulty on agreeing about common goals for public schools. Chapter topics include Don’t Say Gay and Anti-Woke: who should determine the content of instruction; is a common school system teaching a common curriculum possible or desirable; historical goals of schooling; education goals are controversial; political goals of schooling; pledge of allegiance controversy; Critical Race Theory and the debate over American history: 1776 versus 1619; censorship and American political values; courts and political values; the fruits of political education.
