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Red states strike deals to show controversial conservative videos in schools | Educational material from PragerU is now offered to public schools in six states (wapo.st)

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Per the article:

Critics say PragerU lessons distort history and facts to serve a conservative worldview. Some scientists have said PragerU videos lack context and downplay climate change as climate alarmism, while the Council on American-Islamic Relations alleges some videos are anti-Muslim. Other complaints center on the nonprofit’s portrayal of slavery.

PragerU is literally paid by billionaires to push their far-right science denial

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this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024

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