I'm an educator and grandson of Holocaust survivors, and I see public schools failing to give students the historical knowledge they need to keep our democracy strong – The Moderate Voice themoderatevoice.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from themoderatevoice.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
School districts around the country have banned books about issues ranging from racism to the Holocaust to the LGBTQ community. Parents have campaigned to restrict the instruction of such difficult topics as slavery.
There have been numerous efforts to limit students’ access to books and curricula about certain historical and societal topics. But history itself shows democracy suffers when people are uninformed.