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Who Should Decide What's Taught In Schools?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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The Politics of Education

Education has been a thing that has suddenly become a flashpoint in American politics. Most parents and the public agree teachers are professionals who should be trusted to make decisions about classroom curriculum That's not bad Where it gets complicated is we also ask parents they worried about what their children are learning in school or may learn in school? And while there wasn't a lot of concern from republicans 65 percent of democrats said they worry about what their child is being taught or may be taught at school. Undertow of this tension between teacher trust and anxiety suggests that these culture war fights are starting to get people's attention.

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