Most Americans say public schools are not teaching U.S. history fairly and are engaging in partisan “history wars” over racial issues, according to a recent report.
Only 41% of adults who completed surveys agreed with the statement that “most public schools in America are doing their best to teach American history accurately, without an agenda or bias,” said More in Common, a social and civic research nonprofit.
Another 71% said the nation is “divided on the topic of U.S. history,” and roughly half expressed mistrust of elected officials as being politically neutral in designing curriculum, the report found.