Colorado students walk out of class to protest right-wing revision of history

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The vast majority of historic events are forgotten, most of those remembered are not taught, and those that are taught carry with them the biases of historians, educators, and contemporary cultures. Choosing what to teach in history is an exercise of balancing accuracy of content with social utility in preparing young citizens to fruitfully partake in building up a better tomorrow. This demands the presentation of multiple perspectives and imbuing students with cognitive tools that will empower them to reach their own conclusions and get more out of their lessons than meaningless lists of facts to commit to rote memory.

So building on Indy's point, we need to make wise use of the finite amount of material students can be exposed to in class. It would be foolish of us to stack all the costs of these tradeoffs on any particular interest group - especially if said group has something insightful to contribute to our understanding of where we come from, what is happening, and how the future may come to pass.