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Popular Information reports:
Last Monday, the Pennridge School Board, located outside of Philadelphia, imposed a new social studies curriculum that will require teachers to incorporate lessons from the 1776 Curriculum, a controversial K-12 course of study developed by Hillsdale College, a private Christian institution that promotes right-wing ideologies.
The curriculum was developed in part by Jordan Adams, an educational consultant with no experience developing curricula for public schools. Adams launched his company, Vermilion Education, in March 2023. The Pennridge School Board hired Adams in April, paying $125 per hour for his services. The contract includes no limit on the number of hours, no specific deliverables, and no termination date.
Adams holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hillsdale College and a master’s in humanities from another private conservative school, the University of Dallas. He does not hold any degrees in education. After graduating, Adams returned to Hillsdale College as an employee, where he promoted the 1776 Curriculum.
On July 1, in a private presentation to Moms for Liberty, a far-right organization that pushes for changes in educational policy, Adams described himself as a “fox..in the henhouse.” He bragged that “the right people are freaking out” about his contract with Pennridge Schools.
Read the full article. There’s much more, including the requirement that slavery be downplayed to third graders. Hillsdale College, as you probably know, is the model under which DeSantis is transforming Florida’s public universities.
1. A Pennsylvania school district has implemented a new social studies curriculum that requires teachers to incorporate right-wing propaganda
The curriculum was developed in part by a $125/hour “educational consultant” who describes himself as a “fox in the hen house”
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— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
2. The curriculum was developed by Jordan Adams, who has no degrees in education & no experience developing curriculum for public schools
Adams graduated from @Hillsdale College and was employed by Hillsdale to promote its controversial 1776 Curriculumhttps://t.co/yfppfvPPqA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
3. The curriculum developed by Adams requires teachers to incorporate numerous lessons from @Hillsdale‘s curriculum
One required lesson emphasizes the Founding Fathers, including Madison and Washington, “expressed regret and fear of divine retribution for slavery in America”
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
4. Not mentioned: Madison chose to “not free his slaves in his will,” instead leaving them to his wife, who “sold them off to pay debts.”
Washington “ordered an enslaved man to be whipped for walking on the lawn” and “aggressively pursued runaway” slaves.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
5. Another Hillsdale lesson required for 9th graders argues that the phrase “all men are created equal” actually referred to men AND WOMEN, despite the fact that women were denied the right to vote and had limited property rights. https://t.co/yfppfvPPqA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
8. The new curriculum also rationalizes withholding the right to vote from women, insinuating that it was logical because only men “would be called to give their lives up for their country” and “had a high personal stake in what the country did.”
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 7, 2023
Now do K-12 *public* schools. https://t.co/y5azV8ho7C
— Jordan Adams (@Jordan_C_Adams) September 7, 2023