Why is Pat Sajak Chairman of Michigan's Hillsdale College?

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24. The anti-public education education.

Ask the good people of Tennessee:

The fallout over Hillsdale College, charter schools and Tennessee school districts, explained.

by Damon Mitchell
WPLN.org, July 24, 2022

In the last month, three proposed charter schools affiliated with the conservative Michigan-based Hillsdale College were rejected by Tennessee school districts. The denials come on the heels of insulting remarks about teachers made by Larry Arnn, Hillsdale’s president and an ally of Gov. Bill Lee. The fallout could have broader implications for the future of charters in the state.

A secret recording is leaked

It all started when Gov. Bill Lee announced a partnership with Hillsdale during his 2022 State of the State address back in January.

“For decades, Hillsdale College has been the standard bearer in quality curriculum and the responsibility of preserving American liberty,” Lee said. “I believe their efforts are a good fit for Tennessee, and we are formalizing a partnership with Hillsdale to expand their approach to civics education and K-12 education.”

Hillsdale was supposed to provide curriculum and training to charter schools that taught what Lee called “informed patriotism.” The governor said he hoped to open upward of 50 new charters with Hillsdale’s “1776 Curriculum,” which has come under scrutiny for whitewashing Civil Rights history.

Soon after, the Hillsdale affiliated charter management organization, American Classical Education, submitted applications to open schools in the Rutherford, Jackson-Madison and Clarksville-Montgomery school districts.

Hillsdale comes under the microscope

But, in June, NewsChannel5 revealed a secret recording of Arnn at a private event in Williamson County.

“Teachers are trained in the dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges in the country,” Arnn said, as he sat on a stage with Gov. Lee.

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The emphasis is on the “Western” in Western-focused classical education, in the European Age of Empires sense of the word.