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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Technically no, but it’s what people are referring to when they talk about CRT in k-12 education.

A lot of parents don’t think public schools should teach students to be “agents of social change”.   They expect their kids to be taught skills like math and reading, and [b]facts like[/b] science and [b]social studies. [/b] Creating social change agents seems outside of that mission.  [/quote]

This is where it gets hairy.  A lot of what's being taught in social studies is not facts but someone's interpretation of facts, especially in k-12.  [/quote]

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Parents want social studies to be as uncontroversial as possible until maybe high school. Facts like George Washington was our first president isn’t very controversial. Explaining how the three branches of government work isn’t very controversial.

A lot of people feel heavier topics like race discussions should wait until high school. People don’t want to see it in elementary school. Elementary schools shouldn’t be a battleground.[/quote]

A “battleground”?

Uncomfortable facts are still facts. 
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Those controversial facts can wait until the children are older and more independent.[/quote]

How exactly are they "controversial"?

Because some people doesn't like to feel uncomfortable? 
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Anything that causes hundreds or thousands of people to get angry is by definition controversial. We don’t need that in Elementary schools.[/quote]

What specifically is making them angry? 
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