Charles Sallis, 89, Dies; Upended the Teaching of Mississippi History
He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from schools almost as soon as it appeared.
By Adam Nossiter
He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from schools almost as soon as it appeared.
By Adam Nossiter
Vladimir Medinsky, exministro de Cultura de Rusia y asesor presidencial, ha ayudado a construir el edificio ideológico sobre el que se asienta buena parte del régimen de Putin.
By Mikhail Zygar
From the shadows, Vladimir Medinsky has helped construct the ideological edifice of Russia today.
By Mikhail Zygar
The textbooks, which cover Russian history from 1945 to present, also reimagine the brutality of Joseph Stalin’s policies.
By Valeriya Safronova
The history we teach to students in the present is as much about the country we hope to be as it is a record of the country we once were.
By Jamelle Bouie
Certain anxieties over education have a familiar ring.
By Jamelle Bouie
The state objected to content on topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, socialism and why some citizens ‘take a knee’ during the national anthem.
By Sarah Mervosh and Dana Goldstein
Liam Squires, a fifth grader in Virginia, found a mistake in a book’s diagram of the rock cycle. The publisher said it was “proud” of his discovery.
By Amanda Holpuch
The changes removed or shrank references to material that the governing party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi finds inconvenient to its Hindu-first vision.
By Suhasini Raj
Readers are aghast at how textbooks are being re-edited in Florida. Also: Credit card reward programs; oil drilling in Alaska; in praise of the donkey.
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