America’s Schools Are Named After Some Bad People

America’s Schools Are Named After Some Bad People
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We’re in the midst of a public reckoning when it comes to monuments and symbols that honor the Confederacy. Statues of Confederate generals are being removed — or defaced and toppled by protestors — across the country. NASCAR banned the rebel flag. The Army is considering whether to rename ten southern bases named after Confederate generals.

And schools are very much in the middle of this. Last week, Education Week reported that 179 schools across 17 states are named for Confederate leaders. While that may account for less than one percent of the nation’s schools, and while the number is steadily shrinking, one can still find Confederate-named schools as far west as California and as far north as Washington state. More to the point, protesters are right that not even a single child should have to attend a school named for those who took up arms against our nation in defense of slavery.

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