Only 8% of high school seniors said the South seceded because of slavery; 48% "tax"

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10. Other than their social sites, kids ignore the internet too.

Our local high schools give students chromebooks, just as we used to get textbooks. Students use those for class assignments and research, but little else. Their social lives are entirely in their phones. (My wife's sister is a high school teacher and she loves her chromebook. She's gone fully electronic, no papers to carry home.)

I don't doubt the wretchedness of U.S. history education in many places. These are the same kids who don't "believe" in evolution. High school biology textbooks in the U.S.A. are organized so teachers can skip that chapter, just as history textbooks are arranged so teachers can skip the unpleasantry of slavery.

My sister lives in the U.S. South. She has to make sure her kids and grandkids learn the history and science the public schools there won't teach.

Here in California my own children had a fantastic advanced placement high school history teacher, and their science classes were solid.

Much of the U.S.A. isn't so fortunate, there are places where things haven't changed since the Scopes Trial.