Sen. @TomCottonAR has introduced a bill prohibiting the use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project because apparently “The Federal Government has a strong interest in promoting an accurate account of the Nation’s history through public schools.” https://www.cotton.senate.gov/files/documents/200723%20Saving%20American%20History%20Act.pdf
Because that’s not how federal educational funds work, the @usedgov will come up with a formula to determine how much funding to strip based on planning and instructional time spent on the 1619 curriculum. Small government advocacy at its finest.
This bill speaks to the power of journalism more than anything I’ve ever done in my career. The @pulitzercenter curriculum is available for free here: https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-named-education-partner-new-york-times-magazines-1619-project#:~:text=The%20Pulitzer%20Center%20is%20pleased%20to%20announce%20that,arrival%20of%20the%20first%20enslaved%20Africans%20in%201619.
Pulitzer Center Named Education Partner for The New York Times Magazine’s ‘The 1619 Project’

The Pulitzer Center is partnering with The New York Times Magazine's landmark "1619 Project" on curriculum and outreach.

https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-named-education-partner-new-york-times-magazines-1619-project#:~:text=The%20Pulitzer%20Center%20is%20pleased%20to%20announce%20that,arrival%20of%20the%20first%20enslaved%20Africans%20in%201619
. @TomCottonAR in 2017 on voting to overturn Obama school accountability measures: “I’m glad to see Congress push back against this federal overreach. Now states and local communities can decide how best to educate their children.”
On how invested the federal government has been in ensuring the accurate telling of history in our schools: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/28/historians-slavery-myths/?arc404=true
The missing pieces of America’s education

Five essays discuss what isn’t being talked about in classrooms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/28/historians-slavery-myths/?arc404=true
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/19/magazine/slavery-american-schools.html
Why Can’t We Teach Slavery Right in American Schools?

In most textbooks, slavery is only a dot on a timeline. About 92 percent of students don’t know that it was the central cause of the Civil War, a survey found.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/19/magazine/slavery-american-schools.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/04/582468315/why-schools-fail-to-teach-slaverys-hard-history
Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery's 'Hard History'

A new report says too many students don't know the basics of American slavery and too many teachers feel ill-served by bad textbooks and timid state standards.

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/04/582468315/why-schools-fail-to-teach-slaverys-hard-history
https://www.splcenter.org/20180131/teaching-hard-history
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