>Utah high schoolers would be required to learn about the “superiority” of American free markets under new guidelines the state school board is considering this week.
>Teachers would have to “explain why free market systems are superior and have made America the most free and prosperous country in the world” under new standards proposed for financial literacy courses.
>All students are required to take the class to graduate from public high schools in Utah.
>The addition will “make sure … [students] walk away without any question in their mind, regardless of how it might have been presented … that this is the superior system,” Cline said.
>Utah’s financial literacy classes, which the Legislature began requiring in 2007, have drawn scrutiny for outdated advice and occasional forays into non-financial, personal subject matter.
Thatoneshadowking says
Wheres that pic of the hedgehog screaming at the ground when you need it
marketrent says
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>Utah high schoolers would be required to learn about the “superiority” of American free markets under new guidelines the state school board is considering this week.
>Teachers would have to “explain why free market systems are superior and have made America the most free and prosperous country in the world” under new standards proposed for financial literacy courses.
>All students are required to take the class to graduate from public high schools in Utah.
>The addition will “make sure … [students] walk away without any question in their mind, regardless of how it might have been presented … that this is the superior system,” Cline said.
>Utah’s financial literacy classes, which the Legislature began requiring in 2007, have drawn scrutiny for outdated advice and occasional forays into non-financial, personal subject matter.
Erin Alberty, 2 Feb. 2023, *Axios* (Cox Enterprises)
openly_gray says
So its down to Soviet style propaganda?
DLoIsHere says
This was taught all the time in school when I was a kid. Different time, for sure, and it wasn’t a government edict.
jayfeather31 says
This is insanity, especially since this isn’t even remotely true and is just propaganda.