The 'Counter-Textbooks' Offering Kids a Radical Look at History

Demand for “counter-textbooks” has been fueled by factors including student desire for more diverse stories and requirements like the California law that now mandates LGBT-inclusive social-studies curriculums.

Jim Loewen says history classes helped create a "Post-Truth” America

The author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me" discusses how schools’ flawed approach to teaching the country’s past affects its civic health.

Jim Loewen: The biggest lie we still teach in American history classes

by Sean Illing

“The idea that we’re always getting better keeps us from seeing those times when we’re getting worse.”