Transcending the Education Culture War

By attacking right- and left-wing extremism alike, liberals can seize the broad the middle ground on the education culture wars—the space occupied by the vast majority of Americans. Polling from More in Common has found that the vast majority of Americans—both Democrats and Republicans—want public schools strike this precise balance: to teach the warts that are part of American history, but also the ways in which American democratic institutions have allowed for self-correction.