{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/57cc3c7d-b0fd-4930-9279-4e84c75df457/5afc1f0a-32ec-404a-b2b5-621f3c74dff8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Checks and Balance: History test","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a834d4d9a8af874246/62e286b5f9094c001179649f.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Twenty six Republican-led states have legislated to stop critical race theory being <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/07/10/americas-history-wars?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">taught in schools</a>. Local school board meetings have seen angry protests. What should Americans learn about their history?</p><p><br></p><p>We speak to historian Gary Nash of UCLA, who helped devise national teaching standards, and look back on the West Virginia textbook wars of 1974.</p><p><br></p><p>John Prideaux hosts with Tamara Gilkes Borr and Jon Fasman.</p><p><br></p><p>For access to <em>The Economist</em>’s print, digital and audio editions subscribe: <a href=\"http://economist.com/USpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">economist.com/USpod</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}