PragerU partnership announced, some Arizona educators worried
Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne announced a new partnership with Prager University, which raised concerns about the future of Arizona schools curriculum.
PragerU, a conservative nonprofit, often creates educational videos, skits and messages. The partnership would allow Arizona teachers to provide PragerU materials in classes, most notably the 5-minute videos for which PragerU is known.
Some of these videos include statements that slavery benefited Black people, such as the video Leo & Laylas History Adventures with Frederick Douglass, in which PragerU has Douglass explain that slavery was a compromise between the Founding Fathers and the Southerners, which would in turn benefit America in the long run.
Due to this recent partnership, some people are concerned about how this will affect Arizona schools curriculum, specifically subjects such as history, gender and sexuality, all topics on which PragerU has clear-cut opinions.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Prager University Foundation (PragerU) offers a free alternative to the dominant left-wing ideology in culture, media, and education, PragerU defines itself on its website.
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