Arthur Herman: Message to DeSantis – civics important but here's what we really need to teach our kids
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has earned criticism as well as plaudits for announcing on Wednesday that critical race theory, which teaches that America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country, will have no place in the state’s new civics education program.
I have a message for Gov. DeSantis: Right problem, wrong solution. Children also need to learn from this history that no nation is perfect, not even their own. The real solution isn’t boring and bloodless civics courses, which all too often provide cover for the left to sneak in their agenda under the guise of promoting "good citizenship," but teaching American history: the real American history, full of drama, pageantry, struggle and heartbreak, but also triumph and greatness; and all built around the theme of the constant striving to secure and protect the freedom of the individual.More Related News