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c/tucsonpolitics · by newsbot@tucson.social · 2y

Horne plan for PragerU videos for Arizona schools called ‘irresponsible’

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013124_horne_prageru/horne-plan-prageru-videos-arizona-schools-called-irresponsible/

  The Arizona Department of Education is partnering with conservative advocacy group PragerU to provide K-12 schools with the groups’ video content — content that Democratic lawmakers say is inaccurate and does not belong in public schools.
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DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Reprehensible works too

stratic@tucson.social · 2 pts · 2y

Despite its name, PragerU is not a university but is instead a nonprofit media organization that “offers a free alternative to the dominant left-wing ideology in culture, media, and education,” according to its website. The videos, which it describes as “edutainment,” feature content from prominent right-wing activists like Candace Owens, Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk.

A report from NBC News said some of PragerU’s children’s content includes a video of an animated Frederick Douglass praising the Founding Fathers for not outlawing slavery. Other videos downplay climate change and ridicule the Black Lives Matter movement.