Knowledge of History Reaching Crisis Levels

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW239466206 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW239466206 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">Recently,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">historian Joel</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">Kotkin</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">argued</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">in</span></span> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW239466206 BCX4" href= "https://quillette.com/2023/09/14/history-matters/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW239466206 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">Quillette</span></span> <span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW239466206 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">magazine</span></span></a> <span class= "TextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">that</span></span><span class= "EOP SCXW239466206 BCX4" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW239466206 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW239466206 BCX4"><em><span class= "TextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">History has moved to the front line of</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">social conflict, but rarely has it been so poorly understood and sketchily taught. After decades of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">declining interest, only 13 percent of</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">eighth graders achieve</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW239466206 BCX4">proficiency</span> <span cla