President of Hillsdale College Larry Arnn provides insight into the future of education in America on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
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Pete poet, on his first at a in
PETE poet, on his first at a in
office, Joe Biden disbanded the
Trump administration, one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
commission
designed to promote patriotic
education in schools.
It pushed back on the idea that
the country is systemically
racist,
that whole critical race theory
thing,
but the new administration
claims the commission quote:
sought to erase Americas
history of racial injustice.
Well, the chair of the one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
commission and president of
Hillsdale College Dr Larry
Arndt, joins us now
doctor. Thank you so much for
being here.
You say the one thousand seven hundred and seventy six commission hit
a nerve with the left with the
Biden administration.
What do you mean by that?
Well, we have a very
fundamental argue
underway in America.
One of the things that concerns
is a past.
The status of the past is
incredibly important in nineteen forty, eight, the
novel, the doctrine of big
brother. He who controls the
present controls the past.
He who controls the past
controls the future. What they
did is make the past changeable
mallable,
but it isnt right.
So what our report calls for is
present the history as it is
all you have to do is look it up
and you will find out in America
that there is a constant energy
to overcome the many things in
our history, and it comes from
where Lincoln said it comes
from.
It comes from the Standard MAX
for the free society in the
declaration of independence,
so today what they want to do is
base the whole history of the country as a long parade of
country as a long parade of
racism. That issue will wrats
them
PETE. How will progress of the
progressive left they want to do
economically, politically, the
classroom?
How central is that to their
agenda?
Education is always
fundamentally important.
It was to the founding
and the reason is its how we
speak to the future. What do we
say to the young?
There is two ways to go.
The way we do it today.
Remember the system by the way
has been converted into a
extensively top town system
and the academic world is all
you know its not all. By the
way,
there is some really shining
great distinguished historians
who have attacked the New York
Times, one thousand six hundred and nineteen project,
because they say things in it
that just isnt, true
and so God bless them.
But the idea today is that
there has to be a standard,
curriculum and standard test and
standard thats by the way,
both a democratic and republican
idea
and the old way was. You should
locate authority and
responsibility as close as
possible to the people who are
vested with them,
and that means the proper Somp
of Thesovereign of the school Sy
is the school
with the parents, and students
and teachers are gathered.
They disrupt that
right.
Now, its textbooks are chosen by
a national, complicated process
PETE, and then you get the
peoples history by Howard and
everyones classroom as the a
result of things like that.
Real quick. The report was not
written for academics, it was
written for the people.
Where can people read the one thousand? Seven hundred and seventy six
report
its on the Hillsdale College
website?
Pete were out of time, but I
want to make sure people check
it out because it is worth.
Transcript generated on 2021-01-23.