Conservative icon rips teachers' unions as schools turn into 'propaganda agencies'
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Thomas Sowell warns education system has become "propaganda" agencies failing to teach students critical thinking or provide historical knowledge background.
"These have become propaganda agencies, more so than educational institutions," he added.
Sowell joined the Hoover Institution's podcast "Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson" in a more than hourlong interview that notably did not focus on Sowell's economic expertise, but instead offered a sharp critique of the current education system, including reflecting on his own struggles as a youth in the New York City school system before becoming one of the nation's most treasured conservative minds.
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