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> My kids are being taught a lot of critical race theory concepts in their middle school which, to put it charitably, don't have a whole lot of objective data behind them.

Can you give examples of the concepts you mention your kids are being taught in their middle school?

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I'm concerned about saying something political that triggers a flood of downvotes, so I'd rather be pretty vague here. One example is their primary US history textbook is kids version of Howard Zinn's People's History of the US.

I have no problem with Zinn's book in general, but I do think it's best read in the context of knowing the "official" version of history. I normally view his book as a useful critique and extension of a classic history text.

To modulate the Zinn book, I simply review with my kids the relevant Wikipedia entries to ensure they have more context. This works great in my family. My concern would be the outcome in a family without engaged parents or radicalized parents, as I mentioned above.

>"official" version of history

What's that?

>Can you give examples of the concepts you mention your kids are being taught in their middle school?

Probably something in the line of this:

https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resour...

or this

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/learning/lesson-plans/tea...

Probably something like this: https://christopherrufo.com/woke-elementary/

A lot of examples on that site.

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